Abstract
Five new species of ptyctimous oribatid mites are described, identified and illustrated from the Afrotropical Region: Plonaphacarus paramachadoi sp. n. and Protophthiracarus turianiensis sp. n. from the Nguru Mountains of Tanzania, Hoplophthiracarus paratryssos sp. n. and Atropacarus (Atropacarus) primus sp. n. from Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, and Notophthiracarus dispersus sp. n. from Vohidrazana Forest in Madagascar. A comparison with the most closely related species is also presented.
Highlights
The major tropical wilderness areas represent important storehouses of biodiversity and play a vital role in climate stability
The present contribution deals with the description of five new species of ptyctimous oribatid mites belonging to four different oribatid genera of the family Phthiracaridae: Plonaphacarus Niedbała, 1986; Protophthiracarus Balogh, 1972; Hoplophthiracarus Jacot, 1933; Notophthiracarus Ramsay, 1966; and Atropacarus (Atropacarus) Ewing, 1917
Type material is deposited at the Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Poznań, Poland (DATE), the Institute of Soil Biology BC ASCR, České Budějovice, in the Czech Republic (ISB) and the Natural History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland (NHMG)
Summary
The major tropical wilderness areas represent important storehouses of biodiversity and play a vital role in climate stability. Holotype: MADAGASCAR, Ranomafana National Park, 14.iv.2011, 21°15'46.1"S 47°25'13.1"E, 983 m, sifting sample of forest leaf litter, Winkler apparatus extraction, leg.
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