Lethaxona pygmaea K. Viets, 1932

Pesic, Vladimir, Saboori, Alireza, Asadi, Mahdieh & Vafaei, Reza, 2005, Water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from interstitial waters of Iran, with the description of one new species, Zootaxa 1030 (1), pp. 49-60 : 56

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1030.1.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:72C9EB4C-068B-42EA-8B90-9DA5024E4CD1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5052947
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A87A9-FFAC-FFF9-E107-FECCFEB93BDC
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scientific name	Lethaxona pygmaea K. Viets, 1932
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Material examined: IR32 Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari Province, Mian Rudan stream near Mian Rudan (between Chelgerd and Dimeh), approximately 2100 m asl., 01.08.2003, leg. Pesic (0/9/1).

Remarks: Hyporheobiontic species. This is the first record from Iran.

Distribution: Central Europe, Spain, French Pyrenees, Italy (Sardinia, Sicily), Balkan, Iran.

References

Viets, K. (1932) Dritte Mitteilung uber Wassermilben aus unterirdischen Gewassern. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 100, 292 - 299.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Trombidiformes
Family	Aturidae
Genus	Lethaxona

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