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Issue: Vol. 5636 No. 3: 19 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5636.3.12
Page range: 587-596
Abstract views: 71
PDF downloaded: 3

Description of two new Rhombognathus species (Acari: Trombidiformes: Halacaridae) from Tenerife (Canary Islands)

Department of Aquaculture; Isparta University of Applied Sciences; 32260 Isparta; Türkiye.
Grupo de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Tenerife; 38206 La Laguna; Tenerife; Canary Islands; Spain.
Grupo de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Tenerife; 38206 La Laguna; Tenerife; Canary Islands; Spain.; Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group; Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC); 38206 La Laguna; Tenerife; Canary Islands; Spain.
Acari Intertidal Prostigmata Atlantic Ocean new species marine mites Macaronesia meiofauna

Abstract

In the present study, two new species of the genus Rhombognathus Trouessart 1888, R. cilbizi sp. nov. and R. andrevae sp. nov. are described. These species were found in intertidal zone on two different macroalgae species (Rhodomelaceae sp., and Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis) at two sites in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

 

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How to Cite

Durucan, F., Paz, J.C.D.L. & Hernández-Teixidor, D. (2025) Description of two new Rhombognathus species (Acari: Trombidiformes: Halacaridae) from Tenerife (Canary Islands). Zootaxa, 5636 (3), 587–596. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.3.12