Acari ...

• Main Authors: Grimaldi, David A., Sunderlin, David, Aaroe, Georgene A., Dempsky, Michelle R., Parker, Nancy E., Tillery, George Q., White, Jaclyn G., Barden, Phillip, Nascimbene, Paul C., Williams, Christopher J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Alaska; Mite
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5057092; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5057092

ACARI (MITES) Figures 5H, 11A AMNH WH-6: A small piece containing most of the remains of an oribatid mite, similar in overall structure to the family Damaeidae (fig. 11A), which consists of fewer than 100 living species in 14 genera, primarily as mycophagous and algophagous inhabitants of leaf litter and subcortical microhabitats of temperate and boreal forests. Damaeidae occur in Eocene amber from the Baltic region and Rovno, Ukraine (Weitschat and Wichard, 2010; Perkovsky et al., 2010). The mite is near the corner of the amber piece, with the appendages of one side lost or completely obscured; the piece also contains dark layers from various resin flows as well as particulate plant matter. Body length (without appendages) is approximately 400 μm, with a slight constriction between the prodorsum and notogaster; legs are long and slender, length of the longest is 550 μm. The mite is dark and opaque, generally obscuring many of the setae, sensilla, and cuticular details except those visible at margins. ... : Published as part of Grimaldi, David A., Sunderlin, David, Aaroe, Georgene A., Dempsky, Michelle R., Parker, Nancy E., Tillery, George Q., White, Jaclyn G., Barden, Phillip, Nascimbene, Paul C. & Williams, Christopher J., 2018, Biological Inclusions in Amber from the Paleogene Chickaloon Formation of Alaska, pp. 1-37 in American Museum Novitates 2018 (3908) on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.1206/3908.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4598569 ...