NEW SPECIES OF MITES OF THE GENUS KERDABANIA (ACARI: HETEROSTIGMATA: NEOPYGMEPHORIDAE) FROM WESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA

About author:

Alexander A. Khaustov,  e-mail

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

Annotation:

A new species, Kerdabania sibiriensis Khaustov sp. n., collected from soil in Western Siberia is described. A key to world species of the genus Kerdabania is provided.

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