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

Abstract

The genus Austrophthiracarus (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae) was represented in New Zealand by four species prior to this work. In this paper, two new species of Austrophthiracarus are described from the South Island, New Zealand: Austrophthiracarus cronadun sp. nov. collected near Cronadun, Buller and Austrophthiracarus tawhai sp. nov. from Catlins State Forest, Otago. A key to all known species of Austrophthiracarus in New Zealand is provided.

The genus <i>Notophthiracarus</i> of New Zealand (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae): three new species and a key to 24 described species

“…This is the second of our series of papers on New Zealand ptyctimous mites. The first one deals with two new species of Austrophthiracarus, with a key to all six species of the genus recorded in New Zealand (Liu & Zhang 2013).…”