The study is based on ptyctimous mites collected from Golden Gate Highlands National Park and Hogsback State Forest in South Africa. Eight new species from the genera Microtritia, Phthiracarus and Notophthiracarus are described; a list of other identified taxa, including five species from three genera and three families, is presented. Information on the distribution of Indotritia, Acrotritia, Microtritia, and Phthiracarus is presented.
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26 July 2021
New faunistical and taxonomic data on ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of South Africa
Wojciech Niedbała,
Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzee,
Sergey G. Ermilov
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 26 • No. 7
July 2021
Vol. 26 • No. 7
July 2021
Afrotropical Region
distribution
fauna
morphology
ptyctimous mites
taxonomy