Three new species of Steganacaridae (Acari, Oribatida) from Zanzibar

Keywords: ptyctimous mites; fauna; systematics; morphology; Tanzania

Abstract

The present study is based on ptyctimous oribatid mite material collected from Zanzibar (Tanzania) in 2018. A list of identified taxa, including eight species from six genera and three families, is provided; of these, three new species of Steganacaridae (Steganacarus (Steganacarus) khaustovi Niedbała sp. n., Arphthicarus alius Niedbała sp. n. and Arphthicarus rectus Niedbała sp. n.) are described.

Published
2019-08-14
How to Cite
NiedbałaW., & ErmilovS. G. (2019). Three new species of Steganacaridae (Acari, Oribatida) from Zanzibar. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 65(3), 243-251. https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.65.3.243.2019