acari mites

A Dictionary of Zoology | Date: 1999

acari mites See ACARINA.

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"Nymphes plissées" structure of the cuticle of juveniles of some oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida)
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Arthropod prey of Wilson's Warblers in the understory of Douglas-fir forests.(Report)
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Experimental tests of effects of plant productivity and diversity on grassland arthropod diversity.
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Ultrastructure of male genital system and spermatozoa of a Mexican camel-spider of the Eremobates pallipes species group (Arachnida, Solifugae).
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First ultrastructural observations on the tarsal pore organ of Pseudocellus pearsei and P. Boneti (Arachnida, Ricinulei).
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Structure of the cuticle of some ptyctimine oribatids (Acari: Oribatida)
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Types of haemocytes in saprophagous soil mites (Acari: Oribatida, Acaridida), and the correlation between their presence and certain processes within mites
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