Systematic revision of the genus Maudheimia Dalenius, 1958 (Acari: Oribatida)

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: COETZEE, LOUISE, WEIGMANN, GERD
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2012
• Subjects: Acari; Maudheimia; Maudheimiidae; systematics; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3295.1.4; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3295.1.4

The genus Maudheimia Dalenius, 1958 occurs on the Antarctic continent and contains four known species (M. wilsoni Dalenius, 1958;M. petronia Wallwork, 1962; M. marshalli Coetzee, 1997 and M. tanngardenensis Coetzee, 1997). Maudheimia marshalli has 15 pairsof notogastral setae in the adults for which Subías (2004) proposed the genus Multimaudheimia. The other three species have 10 pairsof notogastral setae in the adult stage. The value of “number of notogastral setae” as a single generic character has previously beenshown as insufficient to distinguish a genus. The authors conclude that the genus Multimaudheimia Subías, 2004 is a synonym of Maudheimia. The relationship of Maudheimia is confirmed as a member of Ceratozetoidea in the family Maudheimiidae.