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EPIDAMAEUS (ACARI: DAMAEIDAE) OF ARCTIC WESTERN NORTH AMERICA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST, U.S.S.R.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier  and
Roy A. Norton
Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6
Roy A. Norton
Affiliation:
S.U.N.Y. College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York 13210
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Abstract

Eight species of Epidamaeus of arctic western North America and extreme northeast, U.S.S.R. are discussed. Two new species, Epidamaeus hammerae and E. tritylos, are proposed and E. arcticolus, E. kodiakensis, E. mackenziensis, E. bakeri, E. coxalis and E. fortispinosus, previously described by Hammer, are redescribed.

Résumé

Huit espèces d'Epidamaeus provenant de l'arctique de la partie ouest de l'Amérique du Nord et de l'extrême nord-est, U.S.S.R. sont étudiées. Deux nouvelles espèces Epidamaeus hammerae et E. tritylos, ont été identifiées et les espèces suivantes E. arcticolus, E. kodiakensis, E. mackenziensis, E. bakeri, E. coxalis et E. fortispinosus, originalement décrites par Hammer, sont décrites à nouveau.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 115 , Issue 10 , October 1983 , pp. 1253 - 1289
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1983

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