A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF EUPODIDAE (ACARI: EUPODOIDEA) FROM MOSSES IN CRIMEA

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Alexander A. Khaustov,  e-mail

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

Annotation:

The new genus Echinoeupodes gen. n. is erected and a new species E. echinus sp. n. is described from mosses in Crimea. Echinoeupodes turgidus (Shiba, 1978) comb. n. is transferred from Protereunetes.  

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2017-25-1-29-44

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