LIMNESIA CLARA NOM. N., A NEW SUBSTITUTE NAME FOR THE WATER MITE LIMNESIA ORIENTALIS TUZOVSKIJ, 1997

Authors

  • P.V. Tuzovskij Institute for Biology of Inland Waters Russian Academy of Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/1999-4079-2015-7-3-219

Keywords:

water mites, Limnesiidae, Limnesia, replacement name

Abstract

The name Limnesia orientalis, which has been given to a new water mite species [Tuzovskij, 1997], is preoccupied by [Lundblad, 1969]. The new replacement name Limnesia clara is proposed for the species described in 1997.

References

International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth edition. London. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. 1999. 306 pp.

Lundblad O. Indische Wassermilben, hauptsächlich von Hinterindien // Arkiv för Zoologi. Bd. 22, nr10. S. 289-443.

Tuzovskij P.V. Vodjaniyje kleshchi roda Limnesia (Acariformes, Limnesiidae) fauny Rossii. [Water mite of the genus Limnesia (Acariformes, Limnesiidae) in the fauna of Russia]. Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ecology of Volga Basin, Tolyatti, 1997. 89 pp. (In Russian)

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2015-09-30

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