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A New Feather Mite Species of the Genus Metanalges (Acariformes: Analgidae) from the Okinawa Rail, Hypotaenidia okinawae (Gruiformes: Rallidae), in Okinawa Island, Japan

  • 1. Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan E-mail: tsukasa.waki@sci.toho-u.ac.jp & Corresponding author
  • 2. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment 1, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia
  • 3. Okinawa Wildlife Federation, 308-7 Maebara, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2235, Japan
  • 4. Science Research Center, Hosei University, 2-17-1 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8160, Japan

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Waki, Tsukasa, Mironov, Sergey, Nakaya, Yumiko, Nagamine, Takashi, Shimano, Satoshi (2024): A New Feather Mite Species of the Genus Metanalges (Acariformes: Analgidae) from the Okinawa Rail, Hypotaenidia okinawae (Gruiformes: Rallidae), in Okinawa Island, Japan. Species Diversity 29 (1): 161-169, DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.29.161, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.29.161

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