Ultrastructural investigations of sperm and genital systems in gamasida (Acari: Anactinotrichida) current state and perspectives for future research

Acarologia

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-126

  Alberti, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

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ACARI; GAMASIDA;

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