WATERMITES (ACARI, HYDRACHNIDIA) FROM NEW-GUINEA - DESCRIPTIONS OF 9 NEW SPECIES OF A AUSTRAILIOBATES LUNDBLAD AND FIRST RECORDS OF DROPURSA COOK AND COAUSTRALIOBATES LUNDBLAD
Pr. Wiles, WATERMITES (ACARI, HYDRACHNIDIA) FROM NEW-GUINEA - DESCRIPTIONS OF 9 NEW SPECIES OF A AUSTRAILIOBATES LUNDBLAD AND FIRST RECORDS OF DROPURSA COOK AND COAUSTRALIOBATES LUNDBLAD, Acarologia, 38(2), 1997, pp. 165-180
Nine new Australiobates species from New Guinea are described and firs
t records are reported for Dropursa babinda Cook, 1986, Coaustraliobat
es minor (Lundblad, 1947) and Coaustraliobates longipalpis (Lundblad,
1947). The importance of secondary sclerotization and plate developmen
t are discussed.