New faunistical and taxonomic data on ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Malawi

0562676 - BC 2023 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Niedbala, W. - Starý, Josef
New faunistical and taxonomic data on ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Malawi.
Systematic and Applied Acarology. Roč. 27, č. 7 (2022), s. 1337-1355. ISSN 1362-1971
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : box mites * fauna * morphology * taxonomy * distribution * Afrotropical region
OECD category: Zoology
Impact factor: 1.2, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://www.biotaxa.org/saa/article/view/72794

Seven new species of the family Phthiracaridae, Arphthicarus diversus sp. nov., Arphthicarus parasculptilis sp. nov., Arphthicarus quasitrichosus sp. nov., Notophthiracarus dissimilis sp. nov., Notophthiracarus insolitus sp. nov., Notophthiracarus paralineolatus sp. nov., and Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) levidensus sp. nov., are described and figured from soils of Afromontane forests from Mulanje Mts., Zomba Mts., and Dedza Mts., in South Malawi. A comparison of morphological similarities with the most closely related species is presented. Two species Acrotritia paraardua Niedbala et Starý, 2015, and Phthiracarus anonymus Grandjean, 1933 are redescribed and figured. In total 22 species of ptyctimous mites are recorded from forest soil in Malawi, 11 of them are new records for oribatid fauna of Malawi.
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