Paraquanothrus n. gen. from freshwater rock pools in the USA, with new diagnoses of Aquanothrus, Aquanothrinae, and Ameronothridae (Acari, Oribatida)

• Published in: Acarologia
• Main Authors: Norton, Roy A., Franklin, Elizabeth
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Acarologia 2018
• Subjects: Animalia; Arthropoda; Acari; oribatid mite; Colorado Plateau; granite outcrop fauna; lithotelma; Ameronothrus; Chudalupia; Scapheremaeus; Scutoverticidae; New Rock; Mite
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20184258; http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4258

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 fr...