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Another mite species discovered via social media -Ameronothrus retweet sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida) from Japanese coasts, exhibiting an interesting sexual dimorphism

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Pfingstl, Tobias, Hiruta, Shimpei F., Bardel-Kahr, Iris, Obae, Yuito, Shimano, Satoshi (2022): Another mite species discovered via social media -Ameronothrus retweet sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida) from Japanese coasts, exhibiting an interesting sexual dimorphism. International Journal of Acarology 48: 348-358, DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2022.2074538, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2022.2074538

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