Tropihalacarus spio, a new genus and species of Halacaridae (Acarina : Prostigmata) from the Great Barrier Reef

Authors
Otto, JC Bartsch, I
Citation
Jc. Otto et I. Bartsch, Tropihalacarus spio, a new genus and species of Halacaridae (Acarina : Prostigmata) from the Great Barrier Reef, ACAROLOGIA, 40(2), 1999, pp. 171-178
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
ACAROLOGIA
ISSN journal
0044586X → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
171 - 178
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-586X(199904)40:2<171:TSANGA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Tropihalacarus gen. nov. is described to accommodate Tropihalacarus spio sp . nov. from Australia and the New Caledonian species T. longirostris (Barts ch), which was previously assigned to Thalassacarus Newell. The species Tro pihalacarus spio sp. nov., of which the female, male and deutonymph are her e described, was found in shallow, sandy deposits of the Great Barrier Reef . Characters by which I: longirostris and T. spio differ are listed.