Studies on water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from the Himalayas, II. New records and descriptions of seven new species from India

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2119, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Pesic, Vladimir ^a   Panesar, Arne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acari; India; New species; Running waters; Water mites

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ATRACTIDES; ATURUS; HYDRACARINA; SPERCHON;

EID: 67249099865     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2119.1.1     Document Type: Article

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