Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from riverine environments of some islands in Oceania

A checklist of identified oribatid mite taxa from riverine freshwater environments from six islands in Polynesia (New Caledonia, Tahiti, Moorea, Rurutu, Tubuai, Raiatea) is presented; 18 species, 16 genera and eight families were recorded. Trhypochthoniellus longisetus (Berlese, 1904) and Trimalacon...

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Published in:ZooKeys 2013-01, Vol.318 (318), p.47-57
Main Authors: Ermilov, Sergey G, Tolstikov, Andrei V, Mary, Nathalie, Schatz, Heinrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Freshwater environments
Islands
Setae
Zoology
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Summary:A checklist of identified oribatid mite taxa from riverine freshwater environments from six islands in Polynesia (New Caledonia, Tahiti, Moorea, Rurutu, Tubuai, Raiatea) is presented; 18 species, 16 genera and eight families were recorded. Trhypochthoniellus longisetus (Berlese, 1904) and Trimalaconothrus albulus Hammer, 1972 prevailed on distribution. Fortuynia smiti sp. n. (Fortuyniidae) is described from New Caledonia. The new speciesis morphologically most similar to Fortuynia marina Hammen, 1960 from New Guinea, but it differs from the latter by the longer notogastral setae dm, lm, c 2, p 1, epimeral setae 3b and adanal setae ad 1 and the presence of prodorsal lateral ridges.
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.318.5971