| new species and records of ptyctimous mites (acari, oribatida) from the philippines. | 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, 1961) are recorded for the philippine fauna for the first time. two new species, mesotritia paraflagelliformis niedbała sp. nov. (oribotritiidae) an ... | 2017 | 28187555 |
| phylogeny and species delineation in european species of the genus steganacarus (acari, oribatida) using mitochondrial and nuclear markers. | species of the genus steganacarus are soil-living oribatid mites (acari, phthiracaridae) with a ptychoid body. the phylogeny and species status of the species of steganacarus are not resolved, some authors group all ten german species of steganacarus within the genus steganacarus whereas others split them into three subgenera, steganacarus, tropacarus and atropacarus. additionally, two species, s. magnus and t. carinatus, comprise morphotypes of questionable species status. we investigated the p ... | 2015 | 25860859 |