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Systematic & Applied Acarology
(2010) 15, 146–150.A new species of the water mite genus Mideopsis Neuman from Iran (Acari, Hydrachnidia)
MAHDIEH ASADI
1 & VLADIMIR PEŠIĆ21 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
E-mail: m.asadi@mail.uk.ac.ir2 Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro.
Abstract
E-mail: pesicv@t-com.meA new water mite, Mideopsis gereckei n. sp. (Mideopsidae), is described from Iran. It is the second species of the subgenus Xystonotus Wolcott from the Palaearctic region.
Key words: Acari, new species, Xystonotus, taxonomy, Iran
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