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Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) of the Palaearctic region 2840

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Skoracki, Maciej (2011): Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) of the Palaearctic region 2840. Zootaxa 2840 (1): 1-414, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2840.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2840.1.1

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