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Feather mites of the subfamily Proctophyllodinae (Acari: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Costa Rica

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Mironov, Sergey V., Literak, Ivan, Sychra, Oldrich, Capek, Miroslav (2017): Feather mites of the subfamily Proctophyllodinae (Acari: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Costa Rica. Zootaxa 4297 (1): 1-105, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4297.1.1

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