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DESCRIPTION OF ADULTS OF ARRENURUS (?MICRURACARUS) KITCHINGI SP.NOV. (ACARINA: ARRENURIDAE) FROM WATER-FILLED TREE HOLES IN AUSTRALIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Ian M. Smith  and
Mark S. Harvey
Ian M. Smith
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
Mark S. Harvey
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Records, Museum of Victoria, Abbotsford, Victoria 3067, Australia
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Abstract

Adults of Arrenurus (?Micruracarus) kitchingi sp.nov. are described. This is the first species of Arrenurus to be reported from a tree-hole habitat. Problems with the currently used subgeneric classification of Arrenurus are discussed.

Résumé

Les auteurs décrivent les adultes de Arrenurus (?Micruracarus) kitchingi sp.nov. C’est le premier signalement d’une espèce d’Arrenurus dont l’habitat est constitué par un trou d’arbre. Les auteurs examinent les problèmes que posent la classification actuelle des sous-genres d’Arrenurus.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 121 , Issue 3 , March 1989 , pp. 283 - 289
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1989

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