Confocal microscopy applied to water mite taxonomy with the description of a new genus of Axonopsinae (Acari, Parasitengona, Hydrachnidia) from Central America

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1820, 2008, Pages 41-48

  Valdecasas, Antonio G ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Confocal optical slicing; Interstitial water mite; Vagabundia n. gen.

Indexed keywords

ACARI; HYDRACARINA; PARASITENGONA;

EID: 47549087920     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1820.1.3     Document Type: Article

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