Checklist of terrestrial Parasitengona mites in Fennoscandia with new species- and distribution records (Acariformes: Prostigmata)

The knowledge of terrestrial Parasitengona in Fennoscandia lies far behind that of their aquatic counterparts, the water mites (Hydrachnidia). Based on new inventories, we provide primary data and an annotated checklist of terrestrial Parasitengona in Fennoscandia including 107 species. Out of these...

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Published in:Biodiversity Data Journal
Main Authors: Stålstedt, Jeanette, Laydanowicz, Joanna, Lehtinen, Pekka T, Bergsten, Johannes, Makol, Joanna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Enheten för zoologi 2019
Subjects:
Distribution
metadata
GBIF
Norway
Sweden
Finland
chiggers
velvet mites
faunistics
Biological Systematics
Biologisk systematik
Fennoscandia
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-3455
https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e36094
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Summary:The knowledge of terrestrial Parasitengona in Fennoscandia lies far behind that of their aquatic counterparts, the water mites (Hydrachnidia). Based on new inventories, we provide primary data and an annotated checklist of terrestrial Parasitengona in Fennoscandia including 107 species. Out of these, nineteen species are new findings for the region and five are species potentially new for science. Twenty-three species are new for Norway, fourteen for Finland and eleven for Sweden. The known recorded fauna today of terrestrial Parasitengona is 80 species for Norway, 54 for Sweden and 48 for Finland. Primary data include georeferenced locality data as well as collecting techniques and microhabitat to increase the knowledge on species' habitat requirements.

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