Morphological development, distribution and ecology of the arctic oribatid mite Hermannia scabra (Acari: Oribatida: Hermanniidae) and synonymy of Hermannia gigantea

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: ERMILOV, SERGEY G., MAKAROVA, OLGA L., BIZIN, MIKHAIL S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2019
• Subjects: Acari; hermanniid mites; synonymy; morphology; ontogeny; juvenile instars; Russia; Arctic; tundra; biotopic preferences; halophily; Taymyr; Gibba; Vaygach; Taymyr Peninsula; Tundra; Vaygach Island; Mite; Siberia
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4717.1.9; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4717.1.9

The topotypes (adult and juvenile instars) of the arctic oribatid mite Hermannia scabra (L. Koch, 1879) (Oribatida, Hermanniidae) from Vaygach Island (easternmost arctic Europe) were investigated and compared with those of Hermannia gigantea Sitnikova, 1975 collected from southwest Taymyr Peninsula,...