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Issue: Vol. 1406 No. 1: 12 Feb. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-02-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1406.1.2
Page range: 17–24
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 1

Redescription of C. Willmann’s Holarctic species of the genus Trhypochthonius (Acari: Oribatida: Trhypochthoniidae)

Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
Acari Acarology taxonomy morphology Oribatida Trhypochthonius variability synonym distribution

Abstract

Trhypochthonius nigricans and T. cladonicolus are redescribed on the basis of type specimens originating from C. Willmann’s collection and comparative material from Poland, Canada and the USA. The taxonomic importance of some morphological characters is analysed. Shape of the sensillus does not seem to be a good diagnostic character in the genus Trhypochthonius. Trhypochthonius sphagnicolus is recognized as a junior synonym of T. nigricans and T. cladonicolus is noted for the first time from the North America.

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