The genus Phrathicarus (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae) was represented by only one species prior to this work. In this paper, two new species of Phrathicarus are described from New Zealand: Phrathicaruslongisensillus sp. nov. from the Red Island, Mercury Islands, and Phrathicarus hikurangi sp. nov. from Mt. Hikurangi, Northland. A key to all known species of Phrathicarus is provided.
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15 October 2013
Two new species of the genus Phrathicarus from New Zealand (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae)
Dong Liu,
Zhi-Qiang Zhang
key to species
new species
New Zealand
Oribatida
Phrathicarus
Phthiracaridae
soil mites