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Oviposition and development of larvae in the water mite Hydrachna cruenta (Acariformes, Hydrachnidae)

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Oviposition and the development of larvae in Hydrachna cruenta Müller 1769 was studied using methods of light and scanning electron microscopy. Some features of similarity in the reproductive behavior and development of larvae were noted between H. cruenta and terrestrial trombiculid mites: spermatophore fertilization, the presence of one eggshell, tolerance to short-term egg drying, and formation of the stylostome. The life of H. cruenta larvae in water during the search for a host may be regarded as an adaptation of this species to a new habitat.

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Original Russian Text © O.D. Zhavoronkova, 2006, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2006, Vol. 85, no. 2, pp. 171–182.

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Zhavoronkova, O.D. Oviposition and development of larvae in the water mite Hydrachna cruenta (Acariformes, Hydrachnidae). Entmol. Rev. 86 (Suppl 1), S107–S117 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873806100101

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