New species of the rhagidiid genus Foveacheles (Acari: Prostigmata: Eupodoidea) with a lyrifissure-like structure on the chelicerae

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 247-265

  Zacharda, Miloslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acari; Morphology; New Taxa; Phylogeny; Prostigmata; Rhagidiidae; Talus Ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ACARI; EUPODOIDEA; FOVEACHELES; PROSTIGMATA; RHAGIDIIDAE;

EID: 0033979761     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002229300299624     Document Type: Article

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