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Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Central Black Sea basin of Turkey with new records for the country

  • 1. .Institute of Entomology, Agricultural University of Georgia. 240, D. Aghmashenebeli Alley, 0131 Tbilisi, Georgia; Email: m.murvanidze@agruni.edu.ge
  • 2. . Department of Organic Agriculture, Taşköprü Vocational School, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey; Email: cihancilbirci@hotmail.com
  • 3. . Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey; E-mail: esengul.ozdemir @ankara.edu.tr

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Murvanidze, Maka, Cilbircioğlu, Cihan, Özdemir, Esengül, Inak, Emre (2020): Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Central Black Sea basin of Turkey with new records for the country. Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3): 255-277, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61909, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/ea74271c-b6cc-3222-8dc5-fe9f0a25fa45/

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