Two new water mite species of the genus Hydryphantes Koch (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hydryphantidae) from Russia

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Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
e-mail: tuz@ibiw.yaroslavl.ru

Acknowledgments:

This research was performed in the framework of a state assignment by the Federal Agency of Scientific Organizations (FASO), Russia (theme No. 0122-2014-0007). The author expresses his sincere gratitude to Dr. Vitaly Stolbov for collect- ing materials and to the anonymous referee for reviewing the manuscript.

Annotation:

This paper provides an illustrated description of two water mite species—Hydryphantes samarellus sp. n. and Hydryphantes tjumeniensis sp. n.—from sedge bogs and temporary ponds of Russia.

https://doi.org/10.21684/0132-8077-2023-31-1-131-137

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