New species of Notophthiracarus (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaroidea) from Tanzania |
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| Authors: | Wojciech Niedbała Josef Starý |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Polandwojciech.niedbala@amu.edu.pl;3. Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v.v.i., Institute of Soil Biology, ?eské Budějovice, Czech Republic |
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| Abstract: | Three new species of the genus Notophthiracarus are described, identified and figured from Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania: Notophthiracarus quasiuluguruensis sp. nov, Notophthiracarus tuberculus sp. nov, and Notophthiracarus uluguruensis sp. nov. A comparison with the most closely related species of the genus Notophthiracarus is also presented.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3FBF24E7-3E2D-4686-AD57-EFEA25510BBD |
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| Keywords: | Acari ptyctimous mites Notophthiracarus taxonomy new species Tanzania |
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