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Ectoparasitic mites, ticks (Acari: Trombidiformes, Mesostigmata, Ixodida) and insects (Insecta: Psocodea, Siphonaptera) of ground-dwelling small mammals in the Baltic States. An annotated checklist

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Kitrytė, Neringa, Baltrūnaitė, Laima (2023): Ectoparasitic mites, ticks (Acari: Trombidiformes, Mesostigmata, Ixodida) and insects (Insecta: Psocodea, Siphonaptera) of ground-dwelling small mammals in the Baltic States. An annotated checklist. Zootaxa 5353 (1): 1-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.1.1

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