DESCRIPTION OF A NEW WATER MITE SPECIES OF THE GENUS SIGTHORIA KOENIKE (ACARI, HYDRACHNIDIA, ANISITSIELLIDAE) FROM VIETNAM

Journal:

2014. 22 (1)

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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW WATER MITE SPECIES OF THE GENUS SIGTHORIA KOENIKE (ACARI, HYDRACHNIDIA, ANISITSIELLIDAE) FROM VIETNAM



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:

Illustrated description of a new water mite species, Sigthoria asiatica (female, male, deutonymph) from standing waters of Vietnam is given.

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