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Issue: Vol. 2625 No. 1: 24 Sep. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-09-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2625.1.4
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 1

Three holarctic new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida)

Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań
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 new species oribatid ptyctimous mites Holarctic Slovakia South Bohemia Smoky Mountains

Abstract

Three new species of the ptyctimous mite families Synichotritiidae and Phthiracariidae, Synichotricha reticulata sp. nov. from North Carolina, USA, Phthiracarus paralaevigatus sp. nov. from Western Slovakia and Phthiracarus paralongulus sp. nov. from South Bohemia, the Czech Republic are described and figured. All species of the genus Synichotritia are presented and their distribution is discussed. Comparison with the most related species of the genera Synichotritia and Phthiracarus is discussed.

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