A NEW SPECIES OF THE WATER MITE GENUS ATRACTIDES KOCH (ACARIFORMES, HYDRACHNIDIA, HYGROBATIDAE) FROM THE EASTERN RUSSIA

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:

A new water mite species, Atractides kseniae, inhabiting streams of the Russian Far East is described based on female and male.

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