Vladimir Pešić (1973) is a

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from

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, a

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who is an expert on Hydrachnidiae, the water

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...

s, and a co-author taxon authority for a new species of

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'' Valvata montenegrina'' Glöer & Pešić, 2008 (

Valvatidae ''Valvatidae'', the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks. Taxonomy The family Valvatidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouche ...

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). Pešić works in the Department of Biology at the

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, at

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. Dr Vladimir Pešić, along with his team, has discovered a new species of ''Litarachna'' in Puerto Rico and named it ''Litarachna lopezae'', after

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Marine species described by Pešić

The

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lists the following species WoRMS: Species described by Pešić et al.
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Litarachna antalyaensis ''Litarachna'' is a genus of mites Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic ...

'' Pešić, Durucan & Chatterjee, 2018 * ''

Litarachna bruneiensis ''Litarachna'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Pontarachnidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe, Eastern Asia and Australia. Species: *'' Litarachna amnicola'' *''Litarachna antalyaensis'' *'' Litarachna bartschae'' ...

'' Pesic, Chatterjee, Marshall & Pavicevic, 2011 * '' Litarachna caribica'' Pesic, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2008 * '' Litarachna enigmatica'' Pešić, Durucan & Chatterjee, 2018 * ''

Litarachna muratsezgini ''Litarachna'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Pontarachnidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe, Eastern Asia and Australia. Species: *'' Litarachna amnicola'' *''Litarachna antalyaensis'' *'' Litarachna bartschae'' ...

'' Pešić, Durucan & Zawal, 2019 * ''

Litarachna smiti ''Litarachna'' is a genus of mites Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic ...

'' Pesic, Chatterjee, Ahmed Abada, 2008 * '' Pontarachna arabica'' Pesic, Chatterjee & Ahmed Abada, 2008 * '' Pontarachna nemethi'' Pesic, Chatterjee & Schizas, 2012 * '' Pontarachna turcica'' Pešić, Durucan & Zawal, 2019

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