MORPHOLOGY OF ADULT AND NYMPHAL INSTARS OF GUSTAVIA LONGISETA (ACARI: ORIBATIDA: GUSTAVIIDAE)

About authors:

Sergey G. Ermilov, e-mail

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

Leonid B. Rybalov, Institute of Ecological and Evolutionary Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117071, Russia

Wu D., Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130012, China

Annotation:

The oribatid mite, Gustavia longiseta Mahunka, 1984 (Gustaviidae) is redescribed in details, on the basis of specimens from Ethiopia. Nymphal instars of this species are described and illustrated for the first time.

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