New species of water mites from the Comoros (Acari: Hydrachnidia)

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Publication date 2009
Journal Zootaxa
Volume | Issue number 2213
Pages (from-to) 47-56
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI)
Abstract Three new species are described from the Comoros, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean: Teratothyasides scutulatus Smit & Pesic n. sp., Platymamersopsis comoros Smit & Pesic n. sp. and Atractides comorosensis Smit & Pesic n. sp. One species is reported new for the fauna of the Comoros, i.e. Monatractides ventriosa (K. Viets, 1916).
Document type Article
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