Euptyctime oribatid mites from Tasmanian rainforest (Acari: Oribatida)

New Zealand species of <i>Oribotritia</i> (Acari: Oribatida: Oribotritiidae): descriptions of two new species and a key to eight species

“…This new species is similar to Oribotritia brevis Niedbała & Colloff, 1997 in sharing the following features: similar shape of prodorsal and notogastral setae, eight pairs of genital setae and one pair anal setae present, but the new species can be easily distinguished from the latter species by the following five characters (a versus b): in O. bilaminae sp. nov., (1a) two pairs of lateral carinae present; (2a) exobothridial setae longer than interlamellar setae; (3a) distance between setae g 7 and g 8 longer than that between g 6 and g 7 ; (4a) setae ps 1 situated much higher than insertion level of setae ps 2 and ps 3 ; (5a) lyrifissures iad situated anterolateral to setae ad 3 ; in O. brevis, (1b) one pair of lateral carinae present; (2b) exobothridial setae shorter than interlamellar setae; (3b) distance between setae g 7 and g 8 shorter than that between g 6 and g 7 ; (4b) setae ps 1 situated at same level of setae ps 2 and ps 3 ; (5b) lyrifissures iad situated posterolateral to setae ad 3 .…”

“…Until now, only 17 euphthiracaroid species in five genera were found in this region (Ramsay 1966;Niedbała 1993Niedbała , 2000Niedbała , 2006Niedbała & Colloff, 1997;Liu & Zhang 2013a,b (Tasmania and New Caledonia). All these species are distributed in the Australian Region.…”

“…The genus has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution except the Antarctic Region. Till the end of 2012, 85 valid species of this genus were reported (Subías 2012), and among these, six species were known from New Zealand (Niedbała 1993(Niedbała , 2000(Niedbała , 2006Niedbała & Colloff, 1997). During the first author's visit to Landcare Research in Auckland in April 2012, we Article FIGURES 1-7.…”

Review of Indotritia (Acari, Oribatida, Oribotritiidae) with a world checklist, a key to all known species, and a description of a new species from China

“…by Berlese, 1923. Indotritia (Zeaotritia) brevisetosa Niedbała & Colloff, 1997, p. 340. Indotritia brevisetosa Niedbała, 2000: Niedbała, 2012b.…”

Two new species of <i>Austrophthiracarus</i> (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae) from New Zealand

“…Before 1989, the fauna of ptyctimous mites in New Zealand was poorly studied, with only four recorded species (Ramsay 1966, Wallwork 1966, Luxton 1985. The total was later increased to 45 species-or over 10-fold increase-by Niedbała (1989Niedbała ( , 1993Niedbała ( , 1994Niedbała ( , 2000Niedbała ( , 2006 and Niedbała & Colloff (1997).…”