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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES AND A NEW GENUS OF ORIBATEI (ACARI) FROM THE SOVIET SUBARCTIC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6

Abstract

Three new oribatid mites, Niphocepheus aborigensis n. sp. (Niphocepheidae), Proteremaeus macleani n. sp. (Eremaeidae), and Asperemaeus longipilus n. gen., n. sp. (Eremaeidae), are described from subalpine habitats in the subarctic of the Soviet Far East.

Résumé

Trois nouveaux Oribates, Niphocepheus aborigensis n. sp. (Niphocepheidae), Proteremaeus macleani n. sp. (Eremaeidae) et Asperemaeus longipilus n. gen., n. sp. (Eremaeidae), sont décrits des habitats subalpines de la zone subarctique dans la région extrême est Soviétique.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1982

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