First record of Vulgarogamasus immanis (Acari, Mesostigmata) in Svalbard

First record of Vulgarogamasus immanis (Acari, Mesostigmata) in Svalbard The mesostigmatid mite Vulgarogamasus immanis (Berlese, 1904) is reported in Svalbard for the first time. The gamasid mite community of Svalbard is amongst the best known of invertebrate groups of the archipelago due to recent...

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Published in:Polish Polar Research
Main Authors: Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz, Solhøy, Torstein, Coulson, Stephen, Lebedeva, Natalia, Melekhina, Elena
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2012
Subjects:
Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Barentsburg
Svalbard
Polar Research
Mite
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10183-012-0001-8
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https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/popore.2012.33.issue-1/v10183-012-0001-8/v10183-012-0001-8.pdf
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Summary:First record of Vulgarogamasus immanis (Acari, Mesostigmata) in Svalbard The mesostigmatid mite Vulgarogamasus immanis (Berlese, 1904) is reported in Svalbard for the first time. The gamasid mite community of Svalbard is amongst the best known of invertebrate groups of the archipelago due to recent revisions based on fresh sampling campaigns. Nonetheless, a hitherto unrecorded species of gamasid mite was recently found along the strandline in Barentsburg. This record brings the total gamasid mite inventory of Svalbard to 23 species. The current inventory of Svalbard is bedeviled with synonyms and misidentifications. Nevertheless, resolving these confusions and maintaining an accurate and updated species inventory is of prime importance in understanding the ecology of this region. Especially in a period of rapid environmental change.

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