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Issue: Vol. 1160 No. 1: 27 Mar. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-03-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1160.1.5
Page range: 49–55
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Passalozetes (Acari: Oribatida) from the Andes mountains of Argentina

Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina
Acari Passalozetes Passalozetidae taxonomy Argentina Andes

Abstract

Passalozetes (Passalozetes) alumbrensis n. sp., a new species of Passalozetidae (Acari: Oribatida), is described from the soil of a mountain peak in the Andes Range, west of Argentina. An expansion of the diagnosis of Passalozetidae is proposed.

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