The terrestrial arthropod fauna of the Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Richard, K.J., Convey, Peter, Block, William
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 1994
• Subjects: Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Livingston Island; Byers; Byers peninsula; Snow Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Belgica antarctica; Polar Biology; Mite
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517329/; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00240257

We report the first detailed study of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of the Byers Peninsula SSSI, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Fourteen micro-arthropod taxa (10 Acari, four Collembola) and two Diptera are recorded, including the first record of the mite Edwardzetes dentifer from th...