Two new and one known marine water mite (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae) from South-East Africa

Wiles, P.R.; Chatterjee, T.; De Troch, M.

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Two new and one known marine water mite (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae) from South-East Africa

Wiles, P.R.; Chatterjee, T.; De Troch, M. (2002). Two new and one known marine water mite (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae) from South-East Africa. J. Nat. Hist. 36: 1987-1994

In: Journal of Natural History. Taylor & Francis: London. ISSN 0022-2933; e-ISSN 1464-5262, more

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Keywords

Acari [WoRMS]; Hydrachnidia [WoRMS]; Litarachna Walter, 1925 [WoRMS]
ISW, Kenya [Marine Regions]; PSW, South Africa [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal

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Abstract

Two new species of Litarachna are described, L. marshalli sp. n. from South Africa and L. cawthorni sp. n. from Kenya. The female of L. denhami Lohmann, 1909 is described from S. Africa. The distribution of glands and glandularia is discussed.

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