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A new species of the water mite genus Kawamuracarus Uchida, 1937 from Costa Rica – the first spring dwelling representative of the genus (Acari, Hydrachnidia: Limnesiidae)

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: A new species of the interstitial water mite genus Kawamuracarus Uchida, 1937 is described from Costa Rica. Kawamuracarus tuzovskiji sp. nov. is the first record of this genus from a spring and is extending its known distribution on the American continent far southward. A key is provided to all Kawamuracarus species so far described from the New World.

Source: Ecologica Montenegrina

DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.74.11

Authors: Tom Goldschmidt, Marcia M. Ramírez-Sánchez

Institutions: Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Language: English

Topic: Study of Mite Species

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $161

Funders: Forest Conservation Fund, Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund