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Issue: Vol. 1121 No. 1: 2 Feb. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-02-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1121.1.1
Page range: 1–52
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 3

A review of the genus Tycherobius (Acari: Camerobiidae), with descriptions of four new species from Australia

Key Lab of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; Current address: Landcare Research, Private Bag 92 170, Auckland, New Zealand
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9 Canada
Acari Camerobiidae Tycherobius review new species Australia

Abstract

This is the first review on the genus Tycherobius Bolland since its establishment in 1986. We studied characters of the genus, provide distribution and habitat information, and described four new species from Australia: Tycherobius stipula sp. n., from grasstree litter in Brisbane and wetsandy heath litter in Cooloola, T. australis sp. n., from forest litter in Brisbane, wet-sandy heath litter in Cooloola, T. acicula sp. n., from litter in African Mahogany plantation in Far North Queensland and T. elongata sp. n., from forest litter in Brisbane. We also give a key to adults of the genus.

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