New Zealand species of Steneotarsonemus Beer (Acari: Tarsonemidae)

New Zealand Steneotarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) comprises three species: Steneotarsonemus (Neosteneotarsonemus) ramus sp. nov. collected from Poa litorosa in Tagua Bay, Auckland Island; Steneotarsonemus (Mahunkacarus) mayae sp. nov. found under leaf sheaths and on flower panicles of Dracophyllum...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: LIN, JIAN-ZHEN, ZHANG, ZHI-QIANG
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2005
Subjects:
Acari
Tarsonemidae
Steneotarsonemus (Neosteneotarsonemus) ramus sp. nov
S. (Mahunkacarus) mayae sp. nov
description
New Zealand
Auckland Island
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1028.1.1
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Summary:New Zealand Steneotarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) comprises three species: Steneotarsonemus (Neosteneotarsonemus) ramus sp. nov. collected from Poa litorosa in Tagua Bay, Auckland Island; Steneotarsonemus (Mahunkacarus) mayae sp. nov. found under leaf sheaths and on flower panicles of Dracophyllum strictum Hook in Awakino; and Steneotarsonemus (Steneotarsonemus) spirifex (Marchal) collected from ryegrass and pasture soil in Palmerston North and The Glen. Keys to world species of Steneotarsonemus (Neosteneotarsonemus) and Steneotarsonemus (Mahunkacarus) are provided.

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