FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE FEMALE OF ARRENURUS NAGYSALLOENSIS SZALAY (ACARI, HYDRACHNIDIA)

About authors:

Esen Y., Solhan Vocational School of Health Services, Bingöl University, Solhan, Bingöl, Turkey
Mart A., Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Bingöl University, Bingöl, Turkey
Erman O., Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey

Annotation:

In this study, the female of Arrenurus (Truncaturus) nagysalloensis Szalay, 1934 is described for the first time from Elazığ Province, Turkey.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2017-25-1-55-59

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