2 NEW MITES OF THE RARE FAMILIES BARBUTIIDAE AND LINOTETRANIDAE (ACARI), FROM THE NAMIB DESERT

Authors
ANDRE HM
Citation
Hm. Andre, 2 NEW MITES OF THE RARE FAMILIES BARBUTIIDAE AND LINOTETRANIDAE (ACARI), FROM THE NAMIB DESERT, Acarologia, 37(2), 1996, pp. 97-106
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Acarologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0044586X
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
97 - 106
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-586X(1996)37:2<97:2NMOTR>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Two new actinedid mites are described from the gravel plain of the Nam ib desert : Namibarbutia seelyae n. gen., n. sp. (Barbutiidae) and Lin otetranus mirabebensis n. sp. (Linotetranidae). The definitions of the genus Barbutia and the family Barbutiidae are modified accordingly. I dentification keys are provided for both families. The high value of t he ratio length-width of the new species is related to habitat.