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New records of water mites from New Zealand, with the description of three new genera and ten new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia)

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  • 1. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • 2. Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro. & Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.

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Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2020): New records of water mites from New Zealand, with the description of three new genera and ten new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia). Acarologia 60 (4): 903-950, DOI: 10.24349/acarologia/20204410, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20204410

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