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Issue: Vol. 2966 No. 1: 14 Jul. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-07-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2966.1.6
Page range: 58–64
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaroidea ) from Spain

Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Biology Centre Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v.v.i., Institute of Soil Biology, Na sádkách 7, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Acari oribatid mites Phthiracaroidea descriptions Austrophthiracarus Atropacarus Galicia Cantabria

Abstract

Three new species of the superfamily Phthiracaroidea, Austrophthiracarus parainusitatus sp. nov., Atropacarus (Atropacarus) parainsularis sp. nov. and Atropacarus (Atropacarus) parastriculus sp. nov. are described and figured. All species are from soils of the Provinces Galicia and Cantabria in North and North-West Spain. A comparison with the most related species of the genera Austrophthiracarus and Atropacarus is performed. The faunal composition and distribution of all species of the taxons Austrophthiracarus and Atropacarus (Atropacarus) in the Palaearctic region and in the Iberian Peninsula are discussed.

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