Diversity of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in the Svalbard archipelago: a historical overview

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: SENICZAK, ANNA, SENICZAK, STANISŁAW
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2020
• Subjects: Acari; checklist; Sarcoptiformes; species records; faunistics; Arctic fauna; Arctic; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Bjørnøya; Hopen; Edgeøya; Prins Karls Forland; Kong Karls Land; Barentsøya; Danskøya; Lågøya; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4834.1.3; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4834.1.3

Studies on Oribatida from Svalbard have nearly a 150-year long history. This paper reviews species diversity of Oribatida in Svalbard from a historical aspect, summarizes how often species have been found and detects erroneous reports. A list of 93 oribatid species (including Astigmata) from the Sva...