Morphological abnormalities in mites of the genera Zercon and Prozercon (Acari: Gamasina) collected near caves: preliminary results
Vol. 48 No. 2 (2011), Artykuły
Vol. 48 No. 2 (2011)

Morphological abnormalities in mites of the genera Zercon and Prozercon (Acari: Gamasina) collected near caves: preliminary results

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https://doi.org/10.2478/v10120-011-0023-7
Published 2012-07-05
Gabriela Barczyk
Department of Ecology, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
Poland
Grażyna Madej
Department of Ecology, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
Poland
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Keywords

anomaly
chaetotaxy
Zercon
Prozercon

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Barczyk, G., & Madej, G. (2012). Morphological abnormalities in mites of the genera Zercon and Prozercon (Acari: Gamasina) collected near caves: preliminary results. Biological Letters, 48(2), 207–211. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10120-011-0023-7
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Abstract

Eleven mites of the genera Zercon C. L. Koch, 1836 and Prozercon Sellnick, 1943 with various morphological deviations (changes in chaetotaxy) are described. The mites were collected from the natural environment, near limestone caves in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland (Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska) in southern Poland.

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