New records of Acari from the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands

Marshall, D. J.; Gremmen, N. J. M.; Coetzee, L.; O'Connor, B. M.; Pugh, P. J. A.; Theron, P. D.; Ueckermann, E. A.. 1999 New records of Acari from the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. Polar Biology, 21 (2). 84-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050338

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Abstract/Summary

Sixty species of Acari are recorded from the sub-Antarctic Marion and Prince Edward Islands (the Prince Edward archipelago). Twenty of the 45 species collected on recent expeditions are new and currently undescribed. Other new taxa include a family of Mesostigmata, four new genera, and the first sub-Antarctic records of Cillibidae (Mesostigmata) and Eryngiopus (Prostigmata). Fifteen of the 31 species previously reported from the islands are confirmed, although eight of the previous accounts remain doubtful. The fauna, which shows a distinction between the shoreline and terrestrial components, comprises endemic, South Indian Ocean Province and sub-Antarctic mite species.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050338
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Pre 2000 programme
ISSN:	0722-4060
Date made live:	22 Oct 2013 08:24 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503588

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050338

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Pre 2000 programme

ISSN:

0722-4060

Date made live:

22 Oct 2013 08:24 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503588