Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Systematics"
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Bryobia abyssiniae (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae), a new species from the highlands of Ethiopia
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Bryobia abyssiniae Fashing & Ueckermann, a recently discovered species, is described using DNA-barcoding as well as morphological features of the adult female and all post-embryonic instars. The species is characterized ... -
Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
(Magnolia Press, 2016)Bdellidae (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) are moderate to large sized predatory mites that inhabit soil, leaves, leaf litter, and intertidal rocks. They are readily recognized by an elongated, snout-like gnathosoma and by ... -
Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite family Nesozetidae (Acari, Oribatida)
(Magnolia Press, 2017)A new oribatid mite species of the genus Nesozetes (Oribatida, Nesozetidae) is described from moss (Sphagnum sp.) on the seepage area below a permanent spring in South Africa. Nesozetes membranus sp. nov. differs from its ... -
Diversifying into the branches: species boundaries in African green and bush snakes, Philothamnus (Serpentes: Colubridae)
(Elsevier, 2019)The African green and bush snakes of the genus Philothamnus currently comprises 21 species and three subspecies and occurs throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The genus has been the subject of previous taxonomic revisions based ... -
Eustigmaeus floridensis sp. nov., a new mite species of the genus Eustigmaeus Berlese, 1910 (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from citrus in Florida
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Eustigmaeus floridensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on female specimens collected from citrus trees in Florida, USA. The new species is closely related to Eustigmaeus arcuata, Eustigmaeus segnis and Eustigmaeus ... -
The family Lohmanniidae (Acari, Oribatida) II: two new Oribatid mites, Meristacarus perikopesis sp. n. from Costa Rica and Torpacarus eidikoterai sp. n. from Kenya
(Pensoft, 2018)Two very particular new species of the family Lohmanniidae were studied and described using optical and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Meristacarus perikopesis sp. n. displays complex cuticular microsculpture with ... -
New and interesting oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) near Potchefstroom (South Africa), with description of two new species
(Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, 2017)The present study is based on oribatid mite material (Acari, Oribatida) collected near the city of Potchefstroom in South Africa. A list of identified taxa, including 44 species from 34 genera and 21 families, is presented; ... -
A new genus and species of the family Microdispidae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with Trinervitermes trinervoides (Sjöstedt) (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa
(Magnolia Press, 2019)A new genus and species of termitophilous microdispid mites, Sidorchukdispus ekaterinae gen. nov. and sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Microdispidae), associated with termites, Trinervitermes trinervoides (Sjöstedt) (Isoptera: ... -
A new species of Stigmaeus (Acari: Prostigmata: Stigmaeidae) from South Africa
(Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, 2017)A new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch, 1836 (Acari: Stigmaeidae), S. grandis sp. nov. is described from litter under White Stinkwood (Celtis africana) in South Africa. A key to species of the genus Stigmaeus in Africa ... -
Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) inhabiting termite nests in the Faan Meintjes Nature Reserve (South Africa)
(Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, 2019)The present study is based on oribatid mite material (Acari, Oribatida) collected from nests of the termite Trinervitermes trinervoides (Sjöstedt, 1911) (Isoptera, Termitidae) of the Faan Meintjes Nature Reserve in South ...