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Phytoseiid mites of Rodrigues Island (Acari: Mesostigmata)

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Kreiter, Serge, Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A. (2020): Phytoseiid mites of Rodrigues Island (Acari: Mesostigmata). Acarologia 60 (2): 449-468, DOI: 10.24349/acarologia/20204376

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