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Mesotritia maerkeli Sheals, 1965 Newly

Description

Mesotritia maerkeli Sheals, 1965 Newly recorded from China

Mesotritia maerkeli Sheals, 1965, p. 24, figs. 40–48; Aoki, 1980, p. 72; Balogh & Mahunka, 1983, p. 168; Niedbała, 2000, p. 92, figs. 209–230.

Mesotritia flagellata Bayoumi & Mahunka, 1979, p. 16, figs. 9–11; Niedbała, 2000, p. 92, figs. 209–230. Mesotritia spinosa Aoki, 1980, p. 72, fig. 27; Niedbała, 2000, p. 92, figs. 209–230. Distribution: Bhutan, China (Tibet), Japan, Nepal.

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Published as part of Liu, Dong & Chen, Jun, 2010, A review of Mesotritia (Acari: Oribatida: Oribotritiidae) in China, with descriptions of two new species and a checklist of known taxa, pp. 39-58 in Zootaxa 2479 on page 42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195381

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Oribotritiidae
Genus
Mesotritia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Sheals, 1965 Newly
Species
maerkeli
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Sheals, J. G. (1965) Primitive cryptostigmatid mites from Rhododendron forests in the Nepal Himalaya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 13 (1), 3 - 35.
  • Aoki, J. (1980) A revision of the oribatid mites of Japan. I. The families Phthiracaridae and Oribotritiidae. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 6 (2), 1 - 89.
  • Balogh, J. & Mahunka, S. (1983) Primitive oribatids of the Palearctic Region. In: Balogh, J. & Mahunka, S. (Eds), The Soil Mites of the World I. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 1 - 372.
  • Niedbala, W. (2000) The ptyctimous mites fauna of the Oriental and Australian Regions and their centres of origin (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, supplement, 1 - 493.
  • Bayoumi, B. M. & Mahunka, S. (1979) Ergebnisse der Bhutan-Expedition 1972 des naturhistorischen Museums in Basel, Acari: Oribatida (Part I.). Entomologica Basiliensia, 4, 13 - 30.