Checklist of terrestrial Parasitengona mites in Fennoscandia with new species- and distribution records (Acariformes: Prostigmata)

By

Stålstedt, Jeanette
Łaydanowicz, Joanna
Lehtinen, Pekka T.
Bergsten, Johannes
Mąkol, Joanna

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-06-19

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

7

Pages

1--71

Subjects

chiggers , Distribution , Faunistics , Finland , GBIF , metadata , Norway , Sweden , velvet mites

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e36094
eLocator: e36094

 

Abstract

The knowledge of terrestrial Parasitengona in Fennoscandia lies far behind that of their aquatic counterparts, the water mites (Hydrachnidia). Based on new inventories, we provide primary data and an annotated checklist of terrestrial Parasitengona in Fennoscandia including 107 species. Out of these, nineteen species are new findings for the region and five are species potentially new for science. Twenty-three species are new for Norway, fourteen for Finland and eleven for Sweden. The known recorded fauna today of terrestrial Parasitengona is 80 species for Norway, 54 for Sweden and 48 for Finland. Primary data include georeferenced locality data as well as collecting techniques and microhabitat to increase the knowledge on species' habitat requirements.