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Tuxenia Hammer 1958

Description

Tuxenia Hammer, 1958

Tuxenia complicata Hammer, 1958

Material examined: Esquel: Stipa sp. (6), Alto Rio Senguer: Stipa sp. (3). The species was recorded under grass steppe and shrub steppe.

Records in Argentina: Tierra del Fuego (Fredes 2018).

Comments: the distribution of this species is Neotropical austral and sub Antarctic (Subías 2004, update 2018). It is the first record for the province of Chubut.

Notes

Published as part of Manzo, Rosa M., Rizzuto, Susana & Martínez, Pablo A., 2019, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the Patagonian steppe, Argentina, pp. 241-252 in Zootaxa 4686 (2) on page 249, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4686.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3490127

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Protoribatidae
Genus
Tuxenia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hammer
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Tuxenia Hammer, 1958 sec. Manzo, Rizzuto & Martínez, 2019

References

  • Hammer, M. (1958) Investigations on the Oribatid Fauna of the Andes Mountains I. The Argentine and Bolivia. Biologiske Skrifter udgivet af Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 10, 1 - 262.
  • Fredes, N. A. (2018) Catalogue of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Argentina. Zootaxa, 4406 (1), 1 - 190. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4406.1.1
  • Subias, L. S. (2004) Listado sistematico, sinonimico y biogeografico de los acaros oribatidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758 - 2002). Graellsia, 1982, 1 - 570. [online update 2018. Available from: http: // escalera. bio. ucm. es / usuarios / bba / cont / docs / RO _ 1. pdf (accessed 27 February 2018)] https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / graellsia. 2004. v 60. iExtra. 218