Terrestrial arthropods from Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land (Acari, Collembola), with notes on their taxonomy

Abstract Six species of prostigmate mites were collected from Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land in Antarctica. These were Eupodes tottanfjella Strandtmann, Protereunetes maudae Strandtmann, Tydeus setsukoae Strandtmann, T. erebus Strandtmann, Nanorchestes bifurcatus Strandtmann and N. brekkerista Stran...

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Published in:Insect Systematics & Evolution
Main Author: Sømme, Lauritz
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Brill 1980
Subjects:
Insect Science
Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Dronning Maud Land
Vestfjella
Strandtmann
Tottanfjella
Brekkerista
Antarc*
Antarctica
antarcticus
Cryptopygus antarcticus
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187631280x00374
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Summary:Abstract Six species of prostigmate mites were collected from Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land in Antarctica. These were Eupodes tottanfjella Strandtmann, Protereunetes maudae Strandtmann, Tydeus setsukoae Strandtmann, T. erebus Strandtmann, Nanorchestes bifurcatus Strandtmann and N. brekkerista Strandtmann & Sømme. Notes on their taxonomy and distribution are presented. In addition, the collection also contained one species of Collembola: Cryptopygus antarcticus Willem.

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