A biometrical study of the family Tydeidae (Acari, Prostigmata) in the maritime Antarctic, with descriptions of three new taxa

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Usher, M. B., Edwards, Marion
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1986
• Subjects: Antarctic; Penola; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1986.tb03599.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1986.tb03599.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1986.tb03599.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1986.tb03599.x

A series of 50 male and 42 female mites of the prostigmatid family Tydeidae from the maritime Antarctic were each scored for 67 morphological characters. Ordination of each data set clearly showed the generic groupings described by André (1980). The genera Pretriophtydeus, Paratriophtydeus and Parat...