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A REVIEW OF WATER MITES OF THE FAMILY ANISITSIELLIDAE (PROSTIGMATA: LEBERTIOIDEA) FROM NORTH AMERICA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Ian M. Smith
Ian M. Smith
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6
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Abstract

Nearctic mites of the family Anisitsiellidae are reviewed. A key and revised diagnoses are presented for the four genera, keys to species are provided for the first time, and distributional data are reviewed for each of the 13 known species. Three original species groups of Bandakia are proposed based on knowledge of nearctic species, but with the four exotic species tentatively placed. Adults of four new nearctic species, Bandakia borealis n. sp., Bandakia oregonensis n. sp., Bandakia fragilis n. sp., and Bandakiopsis fonticola n. gen., n. sp., are described. Reared larvae of Bandakia vietsi Cook and Bandakia borealis n. sp., the first known anisitsiellid larvae, also are described providing new insight on life history and phylogeny in the Anisitsiellidae.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 5 , May 1979 , pp. 529 - 550
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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