A new genus and species of Apoloniinae (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Oman

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3499, 2012, Pages 74-80

  Stekolnikov, Alexandr A ^a   Carranza, Salvador ^b   Gomez Diaz, Elena ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabian Peninsula; Chiggers; Fauna; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ACARI; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS; NASUS; PRISTURUS RUPESTRIS; PTYODACTYLUS HASSELQUISTII; SCUTUM; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 84866845673     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3499.1.5     Document Type: Article

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