THREE NEW WATER MITE SPECIES OF THE GENUS PIONA KOCH, 1842 (ACARI: HYDRACHNIDIA, PIONIDAE) 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:

Desciptions of three new water mites: Piona caucasica (female), P. kolymaensis (male), P. neococcinoides (male)—are provided.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2019-27-1-85-93

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