Oribatid mites of Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida)

Abstract

Around 350 Oribatid mite species are listed from Madagascar, with their synonyms and distribution data. New records are provided for 29 species from which three species are new to the fauna of Madagascar: Acrotritia reticulata (Mahunka, 1988), Malaconothrus (Malaconothrus) cf. monodactylus (Michael, 1888) and Parasuctobelba subcomplexa (Balogh & Mahunka, 1968). Notophthiracarus puylaerti Niedbała, 2001 is excluded from the fauna of Madagascar due to erroneous citation.

Keywords

• madagascar hotspot
• monograph
• checklist
• fauna list
• endemism
• species richness