A description of two new species of water mites of the genus Torrenticola Piersig, 1896 (Acariformes: Hydrachnidia: Torrenticolidae) from the Krasnodar Kray, Russia
P.V. Tuzovskij
Abstract. Two new water mite species, Torrenticola amplexella and T. krasnodarensis, from running waters of the North Caucasus (Krasnodar Kray) are described with illustrations.
Key words: North Caucasus, Krasnodar Kray, water mites, Torrenticolidae,Torrenticola, T. amplexella, T. krasnodarensis, new species
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2013, 22(2): 181-188 ▪ Published in print 25 December 2013
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2013.22.2.181 ▪ Open full article 
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