Observations on the genus Polyaspinus Berlese 1916 (Acari: Trachytidae)

J. Błoszyk; R. B. Halliday

doi:10.11158/saa.5.1.7

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J. Błoszyk,¹ R. B. Halliday²

¹Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, A. Mickiewicz University, Szamarzewskiego 91A, 60-569 Poznan, Poland; e-mail bloszyk@main.amu.edu.pl
²CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia; e-mail bruceh@ento.csiro.au

Abstract

The family Trachytidae and the genus Polyaspinus Berlese 1916 are redefined, and the type species of the genus, P. cylindricus Berlese 1916, is redescribed. Polyaspinus tasmanicus sp. nov. is described from Tasmania. The previously unknown male, deutonymph, protonymph and larva of P. higginsi Camin 1954 are described from North America. P. cylindricus is thelytokous while all the other species in the genus are bisexual. A key is provided for 6 of the 7 species, and the geographical distribution and relationships of the genus are discussed.

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J. Błoszyk and R. B. Halliday "Observations on the genus Polyaspinus Berlese 1916 (Acari: Trachytidae)," Systematic and Applied Acarology 5(1), 47-64, (1 July 2000). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.5.1.7

Accepted: 1 September 1999; Published: 1 July 2000

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