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A new genus and two new species of mites (Acari, Histiostomatidae) phoretic on Traskorchestia traskiana (Stimpson, 1857) (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Canada

A. Fain, M. J. Colloff

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Abstract

A new genus (Traskorchestianoetus gen. nov.) represented by two species T. spiceri sp. nov. and T. brevipes sp. nov. (Acari, Histiostomatidae) are described from the hypopial stage phoretic on the amphipod Traskorchestia traskiana (Stimpson, 1857), from Vancouver Island, Canada.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)667-672
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Natural History
Volume24
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1990
Externally publishedYes

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