Description of a sexually dimorphic oribatid mite (Arachnida: Acari: Oribatida) from Canopy Habitats of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Southwestern Japan

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1051-1058

  Karasawa, Shigenori ^a,c   Behan Pelletier, Valerie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acari; Arboreal; New species; Oribatida; Ryukyu archipelago; Sexual dimorphism; Symbioribatidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MALE; MITE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MALE; MITES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; ORIBATIDA; ORIPODOIDEA;

EID: 36849048851     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.1051     Document Type: Article

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