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Paedomorphosis and sexuality in Eulohmanniidae (Acari, Oribatida): surprising diversity in a relictual family of oribatid mites

  • 1. State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York, USA.
  • 2. Tyumen State University, Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen, Russia. & State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York, USA.

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Norton K, Roy A., ErmilovK, Sergey G. (2022): Paedomorphosis and sexuality in Eulohmanniidae (Acari, Oribatida): surprising diversity in a relictual family of oribatid mites. Acarologia 62 (4): 989-1069, DOI: 10.24349/p0b0-usvs, URL: https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4558

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