ZERCON BOTHNICUS, A NEW SPECIES OF ZERCONIDAE (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA) FROM FINLAND

About authors:

Huhta V., University of Jyväskylä, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, P.O. Box 35, 40014 Finland

Ujvári Z., Hungarian Natural History Museum, Collection of Soil Zoology, 1088 Budapest, Baross str. 13, Hungary

Annotation:

Zercon bothnicus sp.n., a new species of Zerconidae, is described and illustrated. Eight specimens were collected among grass roots on a seashore dune, Gulf of Bothnia, Finland.

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