A new eviphidid mite genus (Parasitiformes; Mesostigmata; Eviphididae) associated with the dung beetle Scarabaeus transcaspius Stolfa (Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae) in Turkmenistan

Acarologia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-122

  Makarova, Olga L ^a  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dung beetles; Eviphididae; New genus; Phoresy; Scarabaeus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032328042     PISSN: 0044586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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