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Scutacarus longitarsus (Berlese, 1905)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Actinedida

Superfamily
Pygmephoroidea

Family
Scutacaridae

Genus
Scutacarus

Species
longitarsus

Taxon category: Accepted

References

Schatz, H. (1991) Catalogue of known species of Acari from the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador, Pacific Ocean). International Journal of Acarology 17(3): 213-225.

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