A NEW WATER MITE SPECIES OF THE GENUS ARRENURUS DUGÈS, 1834 (ACARIFORMES: HYDRACHNIDIA: ARRENURIDAE) FROM EASTERN PALAEARCTIC

About author:

Petr V. Tuzovsky,

Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
e-mail: tuz@ibiw.yaroslavl.ru

Annotation:

An illustrated description of the male, female, deutonymph, and larva of a new species, Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) praeclarus, from the Asian part of Russia is given.

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