Two new species of the genus Laelaptonyssus Womersley from North America and Australia, with observations supporting the reinstatement to family level of the subfamily laelaptonyssinae Sensu Lee, 1970 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Rhodacaroidea)

Acarologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 25-38

  Krantz, G W ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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