Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis (Jun 2010)

New and little known oribatid mites from Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida). I.

  • Mahunka, S.

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 41, no. 1
pp. 47 – 56

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A list of the newly studied and identified oribatids from Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) is given. Altogether 17species are mentioned from several sites of the island including four new species and a new subspecies belonging in the familiesSteganacaridae, Oppiidae and Austrachipteriidae, respectively. Two species, Eniochthonius sumatranus Mahunka, 1989 andCultroribula bicuspidata Mahunka, 1978 are recorded for the first time from Madagascar. With 25 figures.

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