The external mycoflora of the oribatid mites (Acari) in Turkey, with three new mite records

Archives des Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Ocak, Ijlal ^a   Doǧan, Salih ^b   Ayyildiz, Nusret ^c   Hasenekoglu, Ismet ^b  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fungi; New records; Oribatid mites; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; NEW RECORDS; ORIBATID MITES; TURKEY; TURKISHS;

FUNGI;

ACARI; BEAUVERIA; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; EUPELOPS; FUNGI; GALUMNA; LIACARUS; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 67249141498     PISSN: 1661464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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