Oppiidae

• Main Author: Hugo-Coetzee, Elizabeth A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Sarcoptiformes; Oppiidae; Pacific; Saint-Paul; Golden Gate; Paul Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6144314; https://zenodo.org/record/6144314

Checklist of Oppiidae taxa from Golden Gate Highlands National Park Subfamily: Lanceoppiinae Drepanoppia falxa (Kok, 1967). Distribution: South Africa Setoppia quattuor (Kok, 1967). Distribution: South Africa Lanceoppia (Lanceoppia) scytheae sp. nov. Distribution: South Africa Subfamily: Oppiinae Neoamerioppia africana (Kok, 1967). Distribution: Ethiopian region (South Africa, Zambia), subantarctic (Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands) Subfamily: Multioppiinae Multioppia wilsoni Aoki, 1964. Distribution: cosmopolitan Ramusella filamentosa (Mahunka, 1985) (Mahunka 1985 a). Distribution: South Africa Subfamily: Arcoppiinae Arcoppia fenestralis (Wallwork, 1961). Distribution: western Africa and South Africa. This is a new species record for South Africa. Subfamily: Brachioppiinae Brachioppia louwi sp. nov. Distribution: South Africa Brachioppiella ( Brachioppiella ) dawidi sp. nov. Distribution: South Africa Brachioppiella ( Brachioppiella ) goblina sp. nov. Distribution: South Africa Brachioppiella ( Gressittoppia ) orkneyensis (Kok, 1967). Distribution: South Africa Brachioppiella ( Gressittoppia ) moresonensis (Kok, 1967). Distribution: South Africa Kokoppia longisetosa (Kok, 1967). Distribution: South Africa Kokoppia mandelai sp. nov. Distribution: South Africa Pletzenoppia pletzenae (Kok, 1967). Distribution: South Africa Subfamily: Oppiellinae Oppiella ( Oppiella ) nova (Oudemans, 1902). Distribution: cosmopolitan Oppiella ( Quattoppiella ) goldengatensis subgen. nov., sp. nov. Distribution: South Africa In summary, during taxonomic studies of the Oppiidae of Golden Gate Highlands National Park, six subfamilies, 12 genera and 17 species were identified. One species, Arcoppia fenestralis , is recorded from South Africa for the first time. One new subgenus and six new species were found. : Published as part of Hugo-Coetzee, Elizabeth A., 2014, New Oppiidae (Acari: Oribatida) from the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in South Africa, pp. 533-552 in Zootaxa 3884 (6) on pages 534-535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.6.2, http://zenodo.org/record/228382 : {"references": ["Kok, D. J. (1967) Studies on some South African Oppiidae Grandjean, 1953 (Acarina: Oribatei). Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa, 30 (1), 40 - 74.", "Aoki, J. - I. (1964) Some oribatid mites (Acarina) from Laysan Island. Pacific Insects, 6 (4), 649 - 664.", "Mahunka, S. (1985 a) Oribatids from Africa (Acari, Oribatida). I. Acta Zoologica Hungarica, 31 (4), 295 - 339.", "Wallwork, J. A. (1961) Some Oribatei from Ghana. VII. Members of the family Eremaeidae Willmann (2 nd series). The genus Oppia Koch. Acarologia, 3 (4), 637 - 658.", "Oudemans, A. C. (1902) Acarologische aanteekeningen. Entomologische Berichten, 1, 36 - 39."]}