Three new hyporheic water mite species from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia)

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Three new hyporheic water mite species are described from Australia, viz. Wandesia minuta, Partidomomonia elongata and Mellamunda tasmanica. With the description of these three species, some 50 hyporheic water mites species are known from Australia. In this paper the first Partidomomonia species for Tasmania is described, the third Wandesia species for Australia as well as the second species of the genus Mellamunda.

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Title: Subterranean Biology

Abbreviated Title: SB

Publisher: Pensoft Publishers

ISSN (Electronic): 1314-2615

ISSN (Print): 1768-1448

Publication date Created: February 11 2013

Publication date (Electronic): February 11 2013

Volume: 10

Pages: 37-42

Article

DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.10.2988

SO-VID: a36749df-3875-4af3-b590-067385c5f77d

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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