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[Geographical variation in the species Montivagum dihumerale and speciation in chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae)].
Parazitologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Stekol'nikov A A
Abstract excerpt
Intraspecific morphological variation of the chigger mite species Montivagum dihumerale (Traub et Nadchatram, 1967) is studied. Eco-geographic rules of the variation are revealed. General size of mites is found to be increased along with the rise of the high-mountain character of the landscape in the collection localities. The numbers of idiosomal setae are varied independently from the size parameters and...
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