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The mesostigmatid mite (Acari: Parasitiformes) fauna of Svalbard: a revised inventory of a high Arctic archipelago

  • 1. Ecological and Environmental Change Research Group (EECRG), Department of Biology, University of Bergen, p.b. 7800, N-5200 Bergen, Norway

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Ávila-Jiménez, María Luisa, Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J., Coulson, Stephen James (2011): The mesostigmatid mite (Acari: Parasitiformes) fauna of Svalbard: a revised inventory of a high Arctic archipelago. Zootaxa 3091 (1): 33-41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3091.1.2, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3091.1.2

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