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DESCRIPTIONS OF LARVAE OF SOME AXONOPSINE WATER MITES (PROSTIGMATA: PARASITENGONA: ATURIDAE), WITH NOTES ON PHYLOGENETIC AFFINITIES OF THE SUBFAMILY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Ian M. Smith
Ian M. Smith
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa
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Abstract

Larvae of three Nearctic species of Axonopsinae, Axonopsis setonensis Habeeb, Brachypoda cornipes Habeeb, and Woolastookia sp. near pilositarsa (Habeeb) are described, and diagnoses are proposed for the taxa involved. Observations on these larvae permit new insight regarding the phylogenetic affinities of Axonopsinae, thereby leading to a suggestion for reassessment of the supergeneric classification of the Aturidae.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 7 , July 1977 , pp. 953 - 966
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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