Neohyadesia microtricha (Acari: Astigmata: Algophagidae): a new species from the sub-Antarctic

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Marshall, David J., Pugh, Philip J. A., O'Connor, Barry M.
• Other Authors: Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, US, Department of Zoology, University of Durban-Westville, P/Bag X54001, Durban, 4000, South Africa e-mail: [e-mail], ZA, British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, High Cross, Cambridge, UK, GB, Ann Arbor
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001
• Subjects: Legacy; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Science; Antarctic; Kerguelen; Indian; South Orkney Islands; Signy Island; Ile Kerguelen; Antarc*; Polar Biology; Mite
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/42109; https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000000179

The sub-antarctic mite genus Neohyadesia (Acari: Astigmata) is known from two described taxa: N. signyi from Signy Island (South Orkney Islands, South Atlantic Province), and a subspecies, N. s. punctulata from Ile Kerguelen (South Indian Province). This paper describes a second species distinguishable by, in particular, cuticular microtrichae covering the dorsal surface. The new species, N. microtricha sp. nov., has a similarly disjunct sub-antarctic distribution, occurring on both Marion (SIP) and South Georgia (SAP) islands. A systematic synopsis of the sub-antarctic algophagine mites is given. Peer Reviewed http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/42109/1/300-24-2-101_10240101.pdf