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Punk's not dead? Punkochyzeria gen. nov. (Acari: Chyzeriidae) from Cretaceous Myanmar amber

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  • 1. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, 152742 Borok, Yaroslavl Region, Russia
  • 2. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, 152742 Borok, Yaroslavl Region, Russia & T.I. Vyazemsky Karadag Scientific Station, Nature Reserve of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Branch of A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, 298188 Theodosia, Crimea
  • 3. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia & Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117647 Moscow, Russia

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Kolesnikov, Vasiliy B., Turbanov, Ilya S., Vorontsov, Dmitry D. (2025): Punk's not dead? Punkochyzeria gen. nov. (Acari: Chyzeriidae) from Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Zootaxa 5686 (4): 451-484, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.4.1

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