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Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata)

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MAŠÁN, PETER, HALLIDAY, BRUCE (2014): Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa 3776 (1): 1-66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3776.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3776.1.1

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