Microzetes (Microzetes) caucasicus ( Krivolutsky, 1967 )
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https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1620583 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ECF925-FF8B-0B6B-9622-FD46FDB4FB9B |
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Felipe |
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Microzetes (Microzetes) caucasicus ( Krivolutsky, 1967 ) |
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Microzetes (Microzetes) caucasicus ( Krivolutsky, 1967) View in CoL
This species is distributed in Caucasus ( Murvanidze and Mumladze, 2016). The body size of this species is given as 240-154 ( Krivolutsky, 1967). The Turkish specimens (230-237 x 154-160) are smaller than the dimension the species’ known size. The other main characters of Turkish specimens match the orginal description. It was found in mixed forest, 900 m a.s.l. at Krasnodar region located in the North Caucasus ( Shtanchaeva et al., 2018). This species is known to inhabit humid forest soils and meadows ( Murvanidze and Mumladze, 2016). We collected only few individuals from soil and litter in mixed forest.
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