AGAUOPSIS (ACARI, HALACARIDAE) OF THE SEVASTOPOL AREA - SUPPLEMENTARYNOTES ON TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY

Authors
Citation
I. Bartsch, AGAUOPSIS (ACARI, HALACARIDAE) OF THE SEVASTOPOL AREA - SUPPLEMENTARYNOTES ON TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY, Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 103(3), 1996, pp. 697-712
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
ISSN journal
0035418X
Volume
103
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
697 - 712
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-418X(1996)103:3<697:A(HOTS>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
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.