I. Bartsch, AGAUOPSIS (ACARI, HALACARIDAE) OF THE SEVASTOPOL AREA - SUPPLEMENTARYNOTES ON TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY, Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 103(3), 1996, pp. 697-712
Females, males and juveniles of Agauopsis marinovi Petrova, and the tw
o closely related species A. brevipalpus (Trouessart) and A. ibssi sp.
n. are described. A. marinovi is found in large numbers in deep layer
s of beaches with very coarse, unsorted sediment. A. ibssi, which is a
lso psammophilous, is the dominating halacarid species in coarse subti
dal sand. A. brevipalpus is an inhabitant of bushy, green, brown and r
ed algae.