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New oribatid mite (Acari, Oribatida) records in the Antarctic Peninsula region
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- 1. State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
- 2. State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine|Separate Structural Department "Lviv Professional College of the Lviv National Environmental University", Lviv, Ukraine
- 3. State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine|State Institution "Institute for Evolutionary Ecology", National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 4. Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine|Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic|State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 5. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom|University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa|Millennium Institute – Biodiversity of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Ecosystems (BASE), Santiago, Chile|British Antarctic Survey, NERC, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- 6. State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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We report new oribatid records from the western Antarctic Peninsula region obtained during the XXIV and XXVI–XXVIII Ukrainian Antarctic expeditions. Five species (including 2 subspecies) representing five families of oribatid mites were recorded: Nanhermannia elegantissima, Hermanniella dolosa, Membranoppia loxolineata, Suctobelbella sinuata, Alaskozetes antarcticus subsp. antarcticus and A. a. subsp. intermedius. The single specimen records of N. elegantissima, H. dolosa and S. sinuata are the first for these species in the Antarctic region. Hermanniella dolosa, previously recorded only in the Palearctic is likely to represent an anthropogenic introduction or contaminant. The other two species have been recorded from Southern Hemisphere locations, but far from the maritime Antarctic and their status cannot be assessed with confidence. Membranoppia loxolineata and the two subspecies of A. antarcticus were previously recorded from the maritime Antarctic, and we provide new specific occurrence records of these taxa. Our data expand knowledge of the distribution and biogeography of oribatid mites in the maritime Antarctic. Further research is required to assess the status of the three new species records and if established, any potential to impact the native microarthropod community.
HighlightsNew records for five species of oribatid mites were made in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
N. elegantissima , H. dolosa and S. sinuata first recorded in the Antarctic region.
Further survey is required to confirm the status of the first recorded species.
Data received expands knowledge of the distribution and biogeography of oribatid mites in the maritime Antarctic.
Increasing anthropogenic activity in the Maritime Antarctic emphasizes the need for robust surveys and ongoing monitoring of key terrestrial locations.
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