Free-living prostigmatic mites found around Syowa Station, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Yoshikuni Ohyama, Tatsuro Matsuda
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1977
• Subjects: geo; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Syowa Station; Ongul; Ongul Island; Langhovde; East Ongul Island; Skarvsnes; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Nanorchestes antarcticus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00007952; https://doaj.org/article/9b503bc5173c4920b3a126dfdfaea9a8

As one of the biological programmes of Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, the collection of free-living mites was made at sandy habitats of the following ice-free areas in Lutzow-Holm Bay in January and February, 1976: East Ongul Island, West Ongul Island, Langhovde and Skarvsnes. The three species of prostigmatic mites were identified from the collection as follows: Nanorchestes antarcticus, Tydeus erebus and Protereunetes minutus. This is the first record on these mites from the ice-free areas mentioned above.