Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from riverine environments of some islands in Oceania

By

Ermilov, Sergey
Tolstikov, Andrey
Mary, Nathalie
Schatz, Heinrich

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

318

Pages

47-57

Subjects

Checklist , Fortuynia , new species , Oceania , Oribatida , riverine environment

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.318.5971

 

Abstract

A checklist of identified oribatid mite taxa from riverine freshwater environments from six islands in Polynesia (New Caledonia, Tahiti, Moorea, Rurutu, Tubuai, Raiatea) is presented; 18 species, 16 genera and eight families were recorded. Trhypochthoniellus longisetus (Berlese, 1904) and Trimalaconothrus albulus Hammer, 1972 prevailed on distribution. Fortuynia smiti sp. n. (Fortuyniidae) is described from New Caledonia. The new species is morphologically most similar to Fortuynia marina Hammen, 1960 from New Guinea, but it differs from the latter by the longer notogastral setae dm, lm, c2, p1, epimeral setae 3b and adanal setae ad1 and the presence of prodorsal lateral ridges.