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A new genus of flower-dwelling melicharid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascoidea) phoretic on bats and insects in Costa Rica and Brazil
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Lindquist, Evert E., Moraza, Maria L. (2008): A new genus of flower-dwelling melicharid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascoidea) phoretic on bats and insects in Costa Rica and Brazil. Zootaxa 1685: 1-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180479
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