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Ascid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascidae) from Costa Rican hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae), with description of three new species and a key to the Proctolaelaps belemensis species group

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Dusbabek, Frantisek, Literak, Ivan, Capek, Miroslav, Havlicek, Martin (2007): Ascid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascidae) from Costa Rican hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae), with description of three new species and a key to the Proctolaelaps belemensis species group. Zootaxa 1484: 51-67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176933

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