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Five new species of mites (Acarina) parasitic on bats (Chiroptera)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Charles D. Radford
Affiliation:
Membre Correspondant, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

Extract

From various parts of the world I have recently received a number of mites taken from bats, and the present paper gives descriptions and figures of five new species—one new species of the genus Ancystropus; two new species of the genus Spinturnix; one in the genus Hirstesia and the last in the genus Foliomyobia.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1951

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