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Trichthonius pulcherrimus Hammer 1958

Description

Trichthonius pulcherrimus (Hammer, 1958)

Specimens examined: Cerro Otto - leaf litter under A. chilensis, XI-2006 (18), I-2009 (5), III-2009 (2), Cerro P. Laguna - leaf litter under N. antarctica, XI-2006 (1).

Remarks: Originally described from Argentina. Previously reported from that country [as Cosmochthonius pulcherrimus Hammer, Trichthonius pulcherrimus (Hammer)] in the province of Mendoza (Hammer 1958), in the province of Río Negro (Balogh & Csiszár 1963), Chile (Hammer 1962a), Bolivia (Hammer 1958), Peru (Hammer 1961) and Australia (Lee 1982).

Notes

Published as part of Kun, Marcelo E., Martínez, Pablo A. & Gonzalez, Alda, 2010, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Austrocedrus chilensis and Nothofagus forests of Northwestern Patagonia (Argentina), pp. 22-42 in Zootaxa 2548 on page 27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196766

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References

  • Hammer, M. (1958) Investigations on the Oribatid fauna of the Andes Mountains. I. The Argentine and Bolivia. Biologiske Skrifter Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 10 (1), 1 - 129.
  • Balogh, J. & Csiszar, J. (1963) The Zoological Results of Gy. Topal's Collectings in South Argentina 5. Oribatei (Acarina). Annales historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici pars Zoologica, 55, 463 - 485.
  • Hammer, M. (1962 a) Investigations on the Oribatid Fauna of the Andes Mountains III. Chile. Biologiske Skrifter Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 13 (2), 1 - 96.
  • Hammer, M. (1961) Investigations on the Oribatid Fauna of the Andes Mountains. II. Peru. Biologiske Skrifter Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 13 (1), 1 - 57.
  • Lee, D. C. (1982) Sarcoptiformes (Acari) of South Australian soils. 3. Arthronotina (Cryptostigmata). Records of the South Australian Museum, (18), 327 - 359.