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The present study is based on ptyctimous mite materials collected from 19 forest localities in Ethiopia during 2012–2020. A list of identified taxa, including 21 species from nine genera and four families is provided; of these, ten species are recorded for the first time in the Ethiopian fauna, among which one species is recorded for the first time...
Notophthiracarus (Oribatida, Phthiracaridae) is a large genus of ptyctimous oribatid mites with species in Australasian, Ethiopian, Neotropical, Oriental and Subantarctic regions, mostly in tropical and subtropical areas. Herein, we describe two new species from the Western Cape of South Africa: Notophthiracarus sidorchukae Niedbała sp. nov. and No...
The present study is based on ptyctimous oribatid mite material collected in Côte d’Ivoire in 2007. A list of identified taxa, including 9 species from 7 genera and 4 families, is provided; of these, three species are new for science, and other species are recorded in this
country for the first time. Plonaphacarus longisetosus Niedbała sp. n. diff...
The present study is based on ptyctimous oribatid mite materials (Acari, Oribatida) collected from China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam. A list of identified taxa, including 26 species from five families, is presented; of these, new records are: four species (Phthiracarus lentulus, P. paucus, Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) hamatus, Notophthir...
As important representatives of Oribatida (Acari), ptyctimous mites comprise more than 1400 described species in 40 genera and subgenera, with nearly cosmopolitan distribution except for the Arctic and Antarctic Regions. They are capable of folding the aspidosoma under the opisthosoma to protect their appendages, and are primarily soil and litter i...
A list of identified ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Mexico and Peru, including 12 species from seven genera and five families, is presented. Of these taxa, two species are new for science, and Protophthiracarus baloghi and Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) brachys are recorded in the Mexican fauna for the first time. Mesotritia cozumelensis Nie...
A list of identified oribatid ptyctimous mites from the Philippine Islands Luzon, Mindanao, Polillo and Samar Islands, including 16 species, 10 genera and 5 families, is provided. The genus Mesotritia and species Atropacarus (Atropacarus) griseus (Niedbała, 1984), A. (Atropacarus) striculus (C. L. Koch, 1835) and A. (Hoplophorella) stilifer (Hammer...
A list of identified oribatid ptyctimous mites from Lesser Antilles and Bahamas, including 18 species, six generaband three families, is provided. Of these, three species are new records for the Caribbean, and three species are new to science. Oribotritia grossa Niedbała sp. nov. differs from other neotropical Oribotritia by the presence of relativ...
Six new species of ptyctimous oribatid mites from Madagascar are described and illustrated: Oribotritia
perpusilla n. sp.. and Phthiracarus ranomafanensis n. sp. from Ranomafana National Park; Euphthiracarus (Euphthiracarus) paranetron n. sp. and Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) parastenos n. sp. both from Montagne d’Ambre National Park; Phthiracarus pa...
The present study is based on oribatid mite material (Acari, Oribatida) collected during an expedition to Panguana (Amazonian Peru) in 2013, organized by the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (Germany). A list of identified taxa, including 33 species, 27 genera and 19 families, is provided; of these, 13 species are recorded for the first time in...
A list of over 400 new localities studied for ptyctimous mites within Palaearctic Region and a list of 96 identified species of ptyctimous mites of 20 genera are given. The species, knowledge of whose zoogeographical ranges was extended, have been pointed out. One new species, Phthiracarus pachys sp. Nov. from Spain, is described. A few rare specie...
An annotated checklist of identified oribatid mites from Cuba, including 16 species, 9 genera and 4 families, is provided. Three new species, Prototritia triangularibus Niedbała sp. nov. (Protoplophoridae), Hoplophthiracarus vinalesensis Niedbała sp. nov. and Protophthiracarus paratripartitus Niedbała sp. nov. (both Steganacaridae), are described f...
Five new species of the genus Notophthiracarus are described, identified and fgured from sifted soil and leaf litter samples from different parts of Madagascar: N. liratus sp. n., N. lineatus sp. n., N. micidus sp. n., N. obliquus sp. n., and N. quasisimilis sp. n. Comparisons with the most closely related species of the genus are also presented.
Five new species of ptyctimous oribatid mites are described, identified and illustrated from the Afrotrop-ical Region: Plonaphacarus paramachadoi sp. n. and Protophthiracarus turianiensis sp. n. from the Nguru Mountains of Tanzania, Hoplophthiracarus paratryssos sp. n. and Atropacarus (Atropacarus) primus sp. n. from Ranomafana National Park in Mad...
Eleven soil samples taken from new localities in the Caucasus region, were found to contain twelve species of ptyclimous mites. One new species, Oribot-ritia teberdaensis sp. nov., is described. A checklist of known Caucasian ptyctimous mite species is included. In taxonomical remarks, six species are presented as conspecific or probably cortspecif...
Three new species of the family Phthiracaridae, Austrophthiracarus longisetosus sp. nov., Phthiracarus allocotos sp. nov., Protophthiracarus amboroensis sp. nov. from Bolivia are described and figured. A comparison of morphological similarities with the most closely related species is presented. Additional descriptions and taxonomical notes for thr...
Two new species of the family Phthiracaridae, Arphthicarus paratinctus sp. n. from the Seychelles, and Atropacarus (Atropacarus) paraclavigerus sp. n. from California, USA are described and figured. A comparison of morphological similarities with the most closely related species is presented. Additional descriptions, morphological remarks and taxon...
Altogether 24 species of ptyctimous mites were found in sifting litter samples from the Cameroon. Twelve new species of the ptyctimous mites, Indotritia montkoupensis sp. nov., Acrotritia furca sp. nov., Acrotritia quasidivida sp. nov., Hoplophthiracarus kumboensis sp. nov., Hoplophthiracarus reticulatus sp. nov., Hoplophthiracarus spinus sp. nov.,...
An annotated checklist of ptyctimous mite taxa, collected from the Joint Russian-Vietnamese Biological expedition (October 2013-April 2014) in four forest zones (Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve, Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve, Bu Gia Map National Park, Bi Dup-Nui Ba National Park) is provided. It includes 28 species, 16 genera and six families. One...
Four new species of the genus Euphthiracarus (Euphthiracaridae) from litter and soil samples collected in Madagascar and East Tanzania are described. Two belong to the subgenus Euphthiracarus: Euphthiracarus (Euphthiracarus) duplex sp. nov. and Euphthiracarus (Euphthiracarus) netron sp. nov., and two to the subgenus Pocsia: Euphthiracarus (Pocsia)...
A total of 22 species representing 11 genera of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) were found in samples from six localities in the Australasian Region and included two new species, Microtritia paranovazealandiensis sp. nov. from Papua New Guinea and Plonaphacarus difficilis sp. nov. from Western Australia, which are here described. Some morpholog...
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Tropical Zoology Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: To cite this article: Wojciech Niedbała (2014) Current taxonomical and faunistical state of the subgenus Pocsia Mahunka, 1983 (Acari, Oribatida, Euphthiracaridae) with description of a new species, Tropical Zoology, 27:1, 34-39, DOI: 10.1080/03946...
Annotated checklists of identified ptyctimous mite taxa from Ecuador (7 species, 6 genera, 4 families), Ethiopia (13 species, 6 genera, 4 families) and Nepal (11 species, 7 genera, 4 families) are provided. Acrotritia refracta and Phthiracarus pygmaeus are recorded for the first time in Ecuador; Indotritia krakatauensis, Acrotritia vestita, Arphthi...
Four new species of the subgenus Hoplophorella are desccribed and identified from the Afrotropical region: Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) curtisetosus sp. nov. from Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania, Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) distinctus sp. nov. from Ambohitantely Special Reserve of Madagascar, Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) othneios sp. nov. from Ranoma-f...
Four new species of the genus Notophthiracarus, N. andasibensis sp. nov., N. pandanensis sp. nov., N. quasisomalicus sp. nov., and N. reticularis sp. nov. are described and figured from forest soils in various parts of Madagascar. A comparison of morphological similarities with the most related species of the subgenus Notophthiracarus is performed.
Five new species of the family Euphthiracaridae are described, identified and figured from the Afrotropical region: Oribotritia breviseta sp. nov. from Andasibe National Park of Madagascar; Acrotritia paraardua sp. nov. from Vohimana Experimental Reserve, Ambohitanely Special Reserve and Andasibe National Park of Madagascar; Acrotritia paradikra sp...
In samples collected in 2012 at the palm house in Poznan, 5 species of ptyctimous mites were found; 3 of them were native species (Mesotritia nuda, Euphthiracarus cribrarius, Acrotritia ardua) and 2 were exotic species, pantropical Microtritia tropica and neotropical Phthiracarus phoxos. In the samples from the palm house in Lodz, 3 species were fo...
In 2012, we registered a total of 22 species, 12 genera and five families of ptyctimous mites in India. Three new species, Apoplophora paraspinosa Niedbała sp. nov., Oribotritia duotrisetosa Niedbała sp. nov. and Plonaphacarus kaluzi Nied-bała sp. nov., are described. Some remarks on descriptions of Indian Sumatrotritia inusitata Mahunka, 1989, Eup...
An annotated checklist of identified oribatid mite taxa from Bolivia, Zambia, Cambodia and Vietnam is presented. Nineteen Bolivian species, 25 Zambian and 37 Cambodian species are recorded for the first time from these countries. Indotritia bellingeri, Trimalaconothrus crassisetosus fijiensis and Punctoribates hexagonus are recorded for the first t...
An annotated checklist of identified oribatid mite taxa from Bolivia, Zambia, Cambodia and Vietnam is presented. Nineteen Bolivian species, 25 Zambian and 37 Cambodian species are recorded for the first time from these countries. Indotritia bellingeri, Trimalaconothrus crassisetosus fijiensis and Punctoribates hexagonus are recorded for the first t...
In the material recently collected in Madeira, 16 species of ptyctimous mites have been found. A new species of Austrophthiracarus rabacalensis Niedbała sp. nov. has been described. The presence of P. globosus and S. (R.) ortizi, reported earlier from Madeira has not been confirmed, but P. anonymus and P. montanus, so far not reported from this isl...
An annotated checklist of ptyctimous mite taxa from Southern Vietnam, including 18 species, 11 genera and seven families, is provided. Three new species—Apoplophora minuscula Niedbała sp. nov., Acrotritia proxima Niedbała sp. nov. and Sabahtritia dongnaiensis Niedbała sp. nov.—are described. Some remarks on descriptions of Vietnamese Apoplophora pa...
Three new species of ptyctimous oribatid mites, Oribotritia mahunkai sp. n., Protophthiraca-rus mahunkai sp. n. and Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) mahunkai sp. n., collected in various lo-calities in Madagascar, are described and figured. The species found are representatives of three different genera, whereas one of them belongs to the superfamily of...
Three new species of ptyctimous oribatid mites, Oribotritia mahunkai sp. n., Protophthiracarus mahunkai sp. n. and Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) mahunkai sp. n., collected in various localities in Madagascar, are described and figured. The species found are representatives of three different genera, whereas one of them belongs to the superfamily of E...
In the course of a one-month Russian-Ethiopian expedition in November 2010, we found seven species and six genera of ptyctimous mites in the southern vicinities of Ginchi City (southern Ethiopia). Three new species, Indotritia paraconsimilis sp. nov., Hoplophthiracarus parafrater sp. nov. and Arphthicarus cavernus sp. nov., are described. All three...
The ptyctimous mite fauna of each zoogeographical region of the world is highly specific and includes many endemic or native species. In Palaearctic Region it comprises 295 known species. The number of widespread species is very low: 14 semicosmopolitan, 16 Holarctic, and 15 pan-Palaearctic. Out of the relatively narrowly distributed species, over...
This paper presents a review of 91 ptyctimous oribatid mite species including three Mesoplophoridae, 25 Euphthiracaroidea and 63 of Phthiracaroidea of the Australasian Region. Thirteen species are new for science: Meso-plophora (Mesoplophora) parapulchra n. sp., Apoplophora paraserrata n. sp., Acrotritia paraspiculifera n. sp., Microtritia cristata...
An annotated checklist of oribatid mite taxa in Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve (= Cat Tien National Park) with distributions is provided. We have registered 121 species, 84 genera and 45 families, of which 40 species, 27 genera, 12 families were found for the first time in Vietnam, and of which 30 species and one genus were described as are new. A new...
Two new species of the family Oribotritiidae, Mesotritia solhoyi sp. nov. from Tibet, China and Oribotritia krivolutskyi sp. nov. from Azerbaijan, are described and illustrated. Mesotritia solhoyi is distinguished from the related species by the presence of one pair of anal setae, three pairs of adanal setae, and 8–10 pairs of long genital setae; w...
Three new species of the superfamily Phthiracaroidea, Austrophthiracarus parainusitatus sp. nov., Atropacarus (Atropacarus) parainsularis sp. nov. and Atropacarus (Atropacarus) parastriculus sp. nov. are described and figured. All species are from soils of the Provinces Galicia and Cantabria in North and North-West Spain. A comparison with the most...
Arphthicarus andamanensis sp. nov., a new species of ptyctimous mite (Acari, Oribatida) from the Andamansterms-and-conditions-of-access.pdf This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in a...
Three new species of oribatid mites of the genu s Plonaphacarus, Plonaphacarus sidorchukae sp. nov., Plonaphacarus ry-balovi sp. nov. and Plonaphacarus hamulus sp. nov., are described from Bale Mountains National Park (Afrotropical re-gion, Ethiopia). Morphological and taxonomical remarks about Steganacarus (Steganacarus) sol and Steganacarus (Steg...
Three new species of the superfamily Phthiracaroidea, Austrophthiracarus parainusitatus sp. nov., Atropacarus (Atropac-arus) parainsularis sp. nov. and Atropacarus (Atropacarus) parastriculus sp. nov. are described and figured. All species are from soils of the Provinces Galicia and Cantabria in North and North-West Spain. A comparison with the mos...
Contribution to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in the Palm House in Poznań
In soil samples from the Palm House (Palmiarnia) in Poznań city, six alien and six native mite species of the ptyctimous were found. Nearly half of them are semicosmopolitan but two of them are not native to Europe. One of the species, Phthiracarus phox...
One new species of the ptyctimous mite Microtritia pinarensis sp. nov. is described from Cuba. Some morphological notes about some known species — Mesotritia maerkeli Sheals, 1965, Mesotritia nova Starý, 1992, Indotritia nuda Mahunka, 1988, Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) microseta (Starý, 1993) and Microtritia glabrata, Starý, 1993 — are given.
Three new species of the ptyctimous mite families Synichotritiidae and Phthiracariidae, Synichotricha reticulata sp. nov. from North Carolina, USA, Phthiracarus paralaevigatus sp. nov. from Western Slovakia and Phthiracarus paralongulussp. nov. from South Bohemia, the Czech Republic are described and figured. All species of the genus Synichotritia...
The genus Maerkelotritia is reviewed. Maerkelotritia fusiformis sp. nov. from litter in temperate forest in Shanxi Province, China, is described, and one newly recorded species, M. krivolutzkii Märkel, 1968, is redescribed. M. kirghizica Niedbała, 2006 is considered as a new junior synonym of M. krivolutzkii. The genus Maerkelotritia is reported fo...
This work reports preliminary data on the biology and chemistry of soil habitats at Edmonson Point, Wood Bay, Northern Victoria Land, Ross Sea Sector of the Continental Antarctic. Forty-one soil samples were collected from 5 different soil habitats during summer in 2003/04 and 2004/05. Altogether 19 species of soil invertebrates were identified inc...
Three new species of the ptyctimous mite families Synichotritiidae and Phthiracariidae, Synichotricha reticulata sp. nov. from North Carolina, USA, Phthiracarus paralaevigatus sp. nov. from Western Slovakia and Phthiracarus paralongulus sp. nov. from South Bohemia, the Czech Republic are described and figured. All species of the genus Synichotritia...
Introduction Ptyctimous mites display an array of interesting biological features, such as the ability to avoid predation by folding the aspidosoma under the opisthosoma to protect their appendages (= ptychoidy). Adults have a hardened cuticle as defence against small predators. Ptyctimous mites are cosmopolitan, very diverse and abundant. Altogeth...
This work reports preliminary data on the biology and chemistry of soil habitats at Edmonson Point, Wood Bay, Northern Victoria Land, Ross Sea Sector of the Continental Antarctic. Forty-one soil samples were collected from 5 different soil habitats during summer in 2003/04 and 2004/05. Altogether 19 species of soil invertebrates were identified inc...
A new species of ptyctimous mites, Austrophthiracarus nimius sp. nov., shows pletrotrichy of notogastral and ano-adanal plates and especially pletrotrichy of prodorsum. The latter is a unique feature for the first time reported for a species of ptyctimous mites. The majority of the species of Austrophthiracarus Balogh & Mahunka from Australian Regi...
Description of three new species of phthiracaroid ptyctimous mites from Aus-tralia. is dedicated to an oustanding Polish zoologist Prof. dr hab. Andrzej SZEPTYCKI: Steganacarus (Rhacaplacarus) szeptyckii sp..n., Notophthiracarus szeptyckii sp..n.,,and Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) szeptyckii sp..n.
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If' Fi{A(iMENTA FAUNISTICA 52 (2): 85·89,2009 PL ISSN 001 5-9301 i;, MLJ~[UM AND INSTITUTE UF Z<XK(}(iY PAS Two new species of phthiracaroid mites (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaroidea, Steganacaridae) from Australia Wojciech I[DBAŁA /)"1'01"/111('111 ofAniuia! Taxonomv al/d Ecolog)', Facultv o(Biolog)',('iech,/Iiedholllli1;UII//I,('{I/lpl Ahstruct: I...
AbstrAct. The greatest number of species occurs in Neotropical Region. In general Phthiracaroidea are more speciose than Euphthiracaroidea. Mesoplophoridae are the most numerous in the Oriental region. Protoplophoridae are the most abundant in Neotropical Region, while they do not occur in Ethiopian, Australian and South Africa Regions. The faunas...
If' Fi{A(iMENTA FAUNISTICA 52 (2): 85·89,2009 PL ISSN 001 5-9301 i;, MLJ~[UM AND INSTITUTE UF Z<XK(}(iY PAS Two new species of phthiracaroid mites (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaroidea, Steganacaridae) from Australia Wojciech I[DBAŁA /)"1'01"/111('111 ofAniuia! Taxonomv al/d Ecolog)', Facultv o(Biolog)',('iech,/Iiedholllli1;UII//I,('{I/lpl Ahstruct: I...
Twelve species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) are recorded from Ghana for the first time. Two new species are described and illustrated: Phthiracarus bicarinatus sp. nov. and Austrophthiracarus lacunosus sp. nov. Three species are recorded from West Africa for the first time.
Twelve species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) are recorded from Ghana for the first time. Two new species are described and illustrated: Phthiracarus bicarinatus sp. nov. and Austrophthiracarus lacunosus sp. nov. Three species are recorded from West Africa for the first time. INTRODUCTION Two natural reserves in Ghana were explored from 24...
1 ZOOTAXA ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Abstract Twenty nine species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) were collected from Borneo, Sabah and Sarawak provinces (Malaysia) and Sumatra (Indonesia). Among them one species of Mesoplophoridae and six species of Phthiracaroidea, are described. They are: Mesoplophora (...
The zoogeographical distribution of 19 species of ptyctimous mites has been more precisely determined based on new localities from the Afrotropical Region. The description of a new species Arphthicarus ethi-opicus n. sp. is given. A few taxonomical and nomenclatorial comments are given.
s³owem acari (grec. – liczba pojedyncza) okreoeli³ "bia³awe, ma³e zwierz¹tka ¿yj¹ce w starym wosku lub w starych plastrach pszczelich" (Micherdziñski 1966). Linneusz s³owo acari rozumia³ jako liczbê mnog¹ ³aciñskiego acarus, tote¿ w decyduj¹cym dla nomenklatury zoologicznej 1798 roku, u¿y³ terminu Acarus na oznaczenie rodzaju z Insecta aptera z nas...
The paper describes three new ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) belonging to the superfamily Phthirac-aroidea. The new species represent three genera and were collected from different and distant areas of the Palaearc-tic Region, i.e. Canary Islands, Turkey and Ukraine. All types are deposited in Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mick...
AbstrAct. At 597 new localities, the representatives of 107 species of ptyctimous mites have been found: one species of Protoplophoridae, seven of Mesoplophoridae, 34 species of Euphthiracaroidea, and 65 species of Phthiracaroidea. One species Austrophthiracarus valdiviaensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated, while the hitherto information on...
The analysis of the distribution of ptyctimous mites in the mountain rain forest La Selva (Costa Rica) was based on 5045 individuals belonging to 47 species. Several methods were applied: Chao estimators, accumulation curves, one‐way analysis of variance and correspondence analysis. Thirty‐five species have been found in qualitative samples, wherea...
This article comprises the description of eight species (Oribotritia paraalajuela n. sp., Acrotritia parabrasiliana n. sp., A. rhopalota n. sp., Austrophthiracarus elconsuleoensis n. sp., A. golondrinasensis n. sp., Protophthitracarus paraminisetosus n. sp., P. quasiminisetosus n. sp., Notophthiracarus ecphylus n. sp.) and the presentation of seven...
A new species of Oribotritiidae, Oribotritia paracarolinae sp. nov., is described from Canada and a key is given for Nearctic species of Oribotritia Jacot. Résumé—Une nouvelle espèce de Oribotritiidae, Oribotritia paracarolinae sp. nov., est décrite au Canada et une clé d'identification est donnée pour les espèces néarctique d'Oribotritia Jacot.
New records of the ptyctimous mites from the Nearctic Region are given. The new material includes 27 species of ptyctimous mites. The geographical distributions of seven species are more extensive than previously known. Résumé—On trouvera ici les nouvelles localités d'Oribates ptychoïdes de la Region néarctique. Le nouvel matériel contient 27 espèc...
Twelve species of ptyctimous mite have been found in new localities in forest litter, in two National Parks of Ecuador: Bombuscaro and Cajanuma. The ptyctimous mite fauna has been shown to differ totally between the two parks. Two new species are described: Euphthiracarus bombuscaroensis sp. nov. and Austrophthiracarus cajanumaensis sp. nov. Three...
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In 25 additional localities from Oriental Region 32 of the hitherto known species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) were collected. The new localities permit a more precise determination of the geographical distribution ranges of eleven species, usually extending their ranges, and prompted change in the zoogeographical element of some species....
