DESCRIPTION OF A NEW WATER MITE SPECIES OF THE GENUS HYDRYPHANTES KOCH (ACARI, HYDRACHNIDIA, HYDRYPHANTIDAE) FROM 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 description of the male, female and deutonymph of a new water mite species Hydryphantes samaricus from Russia is given.

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