Oribatids from Switzerland III (Acari: Oribatida: Oppiidae 1 and Quadroppiidae). (Acarologica Genavensia XCIII)

New Oppiidae (Acari, Oribatida) from New Zealand.

Three new species of oribatid mites of the family Oppiidae (Oribatida, Oppioidea), belonging to the genera/subgenera Tripiloppia Hammer, 1968 and Lanceoppia (Baioppia) Luxton, 1985, are described from Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand. Tripiloppia frigida sp. nov. is morphologically similar to T. dalenii Hammer, 1968, but differs from the latter by the lanceolate bothridial setae, five p...

New Oppiidae (Acari: Oribatida) from the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in South Africa.

A checklist of Oppiidae sampled at Golden Gate Highlands National Park in central South Africa is provided. Twelve genera and 17 species were recorded of which one species, Arcoppia fenestralis, is recorded from South Africa for the first time. One new subgenus and six new species were identified and are described. The new species are Brachioppia louwi sp. nov., Brachioppiella (B.) dawidi sp. n...

Redescription of Coronoquadroppia monstruosa (Hammer, 1979) (Acari, Oribatida, Quadroppiidae) from Java and variability of the species in Europe.

A main goal of this study was the comparison of type material of Coronoquadroppia monstruosa (Hammer, 1979) from Java with European populations which were supposed by authors to be conspecific. The species identity of most respective European findings with a type specimen can be confirmed. Yet within some populations from Germany, Austria and northern Italy, specimens with morphological variati...

گزارش جدید دو گونه از کنه‌های نهان‌استیگمای خانواده (Quadroppiidae (Acari: Oribatida از ایران

Madeira's ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida).

In the material recently collected in Madeira, 16 species of ptyctimous mites have been found. A new species of Austrophthiracarus rabacalensis Niedbala 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 island, have been found. All 16 species identified...