Hygrobates salamandrarum sp. nov. (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) from China: The first record of a freshwater mite parasitizing newts (Amphibia, Urodela)

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Volumn 241, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-304

  Goldschmidt, Tom ^a   Gerecke, Reinhard ^b   Alberti, Gerd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Zoologisches Institut und Museum ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morphology; Mouthparts; Parasitism; Scanning electron microscopy; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; MITE; PARASITISM; TAXONOMY;

CHINA;

ACARI; AMPHIBIA; CAUDATA; HYDRACARINA; HYGROBATES; HYGROBATES SALAMANDRARUM; HYGROBATIDAE; PACHYTRITON LABIATUS; SALAMANDRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036998773     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00073     Document Type: Article

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