Morphological ontogeny of Melanozetes avachai n. sp., a unique member of Melanozetes (Acari: Oribatida: Ceratozetidae)

• Published in: Acarologia
• Main Authors: Seniczak, S., Kaczmarek, S., Seniczak, A.
• Other Authors: Department of Evolutionary Biology, Kazimierz Wielki University (UKW), Department of Ecology, UTP University of Science and Technology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Oribatid mites; Sphaerozetinae; juveniles; leg setation; stage structure; [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics; Phylogenetics and taxonomy; [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology; Kamchatka Peninsula; Seta; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01547370; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01547370/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01547370/file/Acarologia-2016-56-463-484.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20164136

International audience The morphological ontogeny of Melanozetes avachai n. sp. from Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia) is described and illustrated. The juveniles of this species have a humeral organ and a humeral macrosclerite, which occur in most Sphaerozetinae (Ceratozetidae), but in the larva seta c1...