2024-04-30
New records of rare water mites from New Zealand, with the description of a new genus (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
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Acarologia , Volume 64 - Issue 2 p. 602- 611
New records of rare water mites mostly from interstitial habitat of New Zealand are presented. One new genus, Zelandostygolimnochares n. gen. (Piersigiidae) with the type species Z. curtipalpis n. sp. is described. Zelandobates occidentalis Smit & Pešić, 2020 is synonymized with Z. tongariro Smit & Pešić, 2020. The male is for the first time described for Zelandotonia orion Cook, 1992, and the female is for the first time described for Aciculacarus amalis Cook, 1983. New records of a number of rare species are presented.
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Smit, H., & Pešić, Vladimir. (2024). New records of rare water mites from New Zealand, with the description of a new genus (Acari: Hydrachnidia). Acarologia, 64(2), 602–611. doi:10.24349/vyvt-zyw6 |
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