Three new species of the genus Austrophthiracarus from New Zealand (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae)

DONG LIU; ZHI-QIANG ZHANG

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3780.3.10

Issue: Vol. 3780 No. 3: 24 Mar. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-03-24

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.3.10

Page range: 585–593

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**Three new species of the genus Austrophthiracarus from New Zealand (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae)**

DONG LIU⁺⁻
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG⁺⁻

Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, P. R. China.

Landcare Research, 231 Morrin Road, Auckland, New Zealand. Centre for Biodiversity & Biosecurity, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Soil mites Oribatida Phthiracaridae Austrophthiracarus new species New Zealand

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Abstract

Three new species of Austrophthiracarus (Oribatida: Phthiracaridae) from New Zealand are described: Austrophthiracarus matuku sp. nov. from the Bethells Matuku Reserve, Auckland, Austrophthiracarus notoporosus sp. nov. from the Tutoko Bench, Fiordland and Austrophthiracarus karioi sp. nov. from the Mt. Karioi, Waikato. Holotype specimens are deposited in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research and paratypes are deposited in the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.