THE GENUS ARTHRODAMAEUS GRANDJEAN (ACARIFORMES, ORIBATIDA, GYMNODAMAEIDAE)

Authors
SUBIAS LS ARILLO A SUBIAS J
Citation
Ls. Subias et al., THE GENUS ARTHRODAMAEUS GRANDJEAN (ACARIFORMES, ORIBATIDA, GYMNODAMAEIDAE), Acarologia, 38(3), 1997, pp. 297-307
Citations number
17
Journal title
Acarologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0044586X
Volume
38
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
297 - 307
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-586X(1997)38:3<297:TGAG(O>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A revision of the genus Arthrodamaeus Grandjean, 1954 is given, togeth er with a discussion about the true identity of the type species, A. r eticulatus Berlese, 1910. Five new species from the western Mediterran ean region are described: A. mediterraneus sp. nov., A. rosarius sp. n ov., A. bicristatus sp. nov., A. octosetosus sp. nov. and A. cereus sp . nov. The type species, A. reticulatus, is redescribed. An identifica tion key for the seven known species is provided. Finally, some consid erations about the distribution of the genus (basically Mediterranean) and its adaptations to thermic and xeric conditions are given.