Free-living prostigmatic mites found around Syowa Station, East Antarctica

Abstract

As one of the biological programmes of Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, the collection of free-living mites was made at sandy habitats of the following ice-free areas in Lutzow-Holm Bay in January and February, 1976: East Ongul Island, West Ongul Island, Langhovde and Skarvsnes. The three species of prostigmatic mites were identified from the collection as follows: Nanorchestes antarcticus, Tydeus erebus and Protereunetes minutus. This is the first record on these mites from the ice-free areas mentioned above.