Paraquanothrus n. gen. from freshwater rock pools in the USA, with new diagnoses of Aquanothrus, Aquanothrinae, and Ameronothridae (Acari, Oribatida)
International audience Many taxa of mites inhabit long-lived freshwater environments, but the few known to live in small, ephemeral rock pools (lithotelmata) are brachypyline Oribatida. One of these is in the South African genus Aquanothrus (Ameronothridae). We describe adults and juveniles of two n...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-01804791v1 2023-05-15T18:50:35+02:00 Paraquanothrus n. gen. from freshwater rock pools in the USA, with new diagnoses of Aquanothrus, Aquanothrinae, and Ameronothridae (Acari, Oribatida) Norton, Roy A. Franklin, Elizabeth College of Environmental Science and Forestry State University of New York (SUNY) National Institute for Amazonian Research 2018 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01804791 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01804791/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01804791/file/Acarologia-2018-58-557-627.pdf https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20184258 en eng HAL CCSD Acarologia info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.24349/acarologia/20184258 hal-01804791 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01804791 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01804791/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01804791/file/Acarologia-2018-58-557-627.pdf doi:10.24349/acarologia/20184258 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess CC-BY-NC-ND ISSN: 0044-586X EISSN: 2107-7207 Acarologia https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01804791 Acarologia, Acarologia, 2018, 58 (3), pp.557-627. ⟨10.24349/acarologia/20184258⟩ Scapheremaeus Scutoverticidae lithotelma Ameronothrus Chudalupia Animalia Arthropoda Acari oribatid mite Colorado Plateau granite outcrop fauna [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics Phylogenetics and taxonomy [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2018 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20184258 2020-12-25T03:41:13Z International audience Many taxa of mites inhabit long-lived freshwater environments, but the few known to live in small, ephemeral rock pools (lithotelmata) are brachypyline Oribatida. One of these is in the South African genus Aquanothrus (Ameronothridae). We describe adults and juveniles of two new rock-pool species from the USA and propose the sister-genus Paraquanothrus n. gen. to include them. The type-species, Paraquanothrus grahami n. sp., inhabits shallow weathering-depressions (‘pans’) on barren sandstone in the Colorado Plateau, especially southeastern Utah, where it seems to be an opportunistic grazer on microflora and rotifers. Paraquanothrus spooneri n. sp. inhabits rock pools on granite outcrops, is known only from the type-locality in eastern Georgia and appears to ingest mostly plant fragments. Like Aquanothrus, these mites are active only when free water exists. Paraquanothrus shares multiple apomorphic traits with Aquanothrus, for which a new diagnosis is based on corrected information on the type-species, A. montanus, and two undescribed species (one of which is represented in the paratype series). After reviewing historical concepts of Ameronothridae, we propose a new diagnosis (excluding Podacaridae) and propose a new rank and diagnosis for the subfamily Aquanothrinae, which includes Aquanothrus and Paraquanothrus. Molecular studies that have revealed links among Ameronothroidea, Cymbaeremaeoidea and Licneremaeoidea—in ways that question the monophyly of all three superfamilies—are reviewed, and a preliminary evaluation shows morphology to have a modest level of congruence with these results. Article in Journal/Newspaper Mite New Rock Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) New Rock ENVELOPE(-60.734,-60.734,-63.007,-63.007) Acarologia 58 3 557 627 |
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Scapheremaeus Scutoverticidae lithotelma Ameronothrus Chudalupia Animalia Arthropoda Acari oribatid mite Colorado Plateau granite outcrop fauna [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics Phylogenetics and taxonomy [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology |
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Scapheremaeus Scutoverticidae lithotelma Ameronothrus Chudalupia Animalia Arthropoda Acari oribatid mite Colorado Plateau granite outcrop fauna [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics Phylogenetics and taxonomy [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology Norton, Roy A. Franklin, Elizabeth Paraquanothrus n. gen. from freshwater rock pools in the USA, with new diagnoses of Aquanothrus, Aquanothrinae, and Ameronothridae (Acari, Oribatida) |
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Scapheremaeus Scutoverticidae lithotelma Ameronothrus Chudalupia Animalia Arthropoda Acari oribatid mite Colorado Plateau granite outcrop fauna [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics Phylogenetics and taxonomy [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology |
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International audience Many taxa of mites inhabit long-lived freshwater environments, but the few known to live in small, ephemeral rock pools (lithotelmata) are brachypyline Oribatida. One of these is in the South African genus Aquanothrus (Ameronothridae). We describe adults and juveniles of two new rock-pool species from the USA and propose the sister-genus Paraquanothrus n. gen. to include them. The type-species, Paraquanothrus grahami n. sp., inhabits shallow weathering-depressions (‘pans’) on barren sandstone in the Colorado Plateau, especially southeastern Utah, where it seems to be an opportunistic grazer on microflora and rotifers. Paraquanothrus spooneri n. sp. inhabits rock pools on granite outcrops, is known only from the type-locality in eastern Georgia and appears to ingest mostly plant fragments. Like Aquanothrus, these mites are active only when free water exists. Paraquanothrus shares multiple apomorphic traits with Aquanothrus, for which a new diagnosis is based on corrected information on the type-species, A. montanus, and two undescribed species (one of which is represented in the paratype series). After reviewing historical concepts of Ameronothridae, we propose a new diagnosis (excluding Podacaridae) and propose a new rank and diagnosis for the subfamily Aquanothrinae, which includes Aquanothrus and Paraquanothrus. Molecular studies that have revealed links among Ameronothroidea, Cymbaeremaeoidea and Licneremaeoidea—in ways that question the monophyly of all three superfamilies—are reviewed, and a preliminary evaluation shows morphology to have a modest level of congruence with these results. |
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Paraquanothrus n. gen. from freshwater rock pools in the USA, with new diagnoses of Aquanothrus, Aquanothrinae, and Ameronothridae (Acari, Oribatida) |
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Paraquanothrus n. gen. from freshwater rock pools in the USA, with new diagnoses of Aquanothrus, Aquanothrinae, and Ameronothridae (Acari, Oribatida) |
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Paraquanothrus n. gen. from freshwater rock pools in the USA, with new diagnoses of Aquanothrus, Aquanothrinae, and Ameronothridae (Acari, Oribatida) |
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Paraquanothrus n. gen. from freshwater rock pools in the USA, with new diagnoses of Aquanothrus, Aquanothrinae, and Ameronothridae (Acari, Oribatida) |
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Paraquanothrus n. gen. from freshwater rock pools in the USA, with new diagnoses of Aquanothrus, Aquanothrinae, and Ameronothridae (Acari, Oribatida) |
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paraquanothrus n. gen. from freshwater rock pools in the usa, with new diagnoses of aquanothrus, aquanothrinae, and ameronothridae (acari, oribatida) |
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ISSN: 0044-586X EISSN: 2107-7207 Acarologia https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01804791 Acarologia, Acarologia, 2018, 58 (3), pp.557-627. ⟨10.24349/acarologia/20184258⟩ |
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