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Issue: Vol. 1223 No. 1: 5 Jun. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-06-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1223.1.5
Page range: 55–64
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 4

Platysetosus occultus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus and species of mite from Tasmania (Acari: Uropodina)

Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Pozna¾, Poland
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Pozna¾, Poland Natural Science Collection, Faculty of Biology A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Pozna¾, Poland
CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Acari Uropodina Platysetosus Tasmania endemism

Abstract

A new endemic Australian genus Platysetosus gen. nov. (Acari: Uropodina: Uropodoidea) from Tasmania and its type species Platysetosus occultus sp. nov. are described and figured. Platysetosus is very distinctive, and its relationship to other genera of Uropodina is not clear.

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