A New Oribatid Mite of the Genus Malaconothrus from Iriomote Island, Southwest Japan(Acari: Oribatei: Malaconothridae)

Yoshinori YAMAMOTO; Jun-ichi AOKI

doi:10.2300/acari.6.43

Yoshinori YAMAMOTO, Jun-ichi AOKI

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Keywords: new species, Iriomote Island, Southwest Japan, Malaconothridae, Oaribatei

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1997 Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 43-47

DOI https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.6.43

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Published: May 25, 1997 Received: November 11, 1996 Available on J-STAGE: June 28, 2010 Accepted: December 18, 1996 Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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1) Wakayama Prefectural School for the Blind
2) Department of Soil Zoology,Institute of Environmental Science and Technology

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1) Wakayama Prefectural School for the Blind
2) Department of Soil Zoology,Institute of Environmental Science and Technology Yokohama National University

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Right : new species, Iriomote Island, Southwest Japan, Malaconothridae, Oaribatei

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Abstract

Yamamoto, Y., and J. Aoki, 1997. A new oribatid mite of the genus Malaconothrus from Iriomote Island, Southwest Japan(Acari: Oribatei: Malaconothridae). J. Acarol. Soc. Jpn., 6(1): 43-47.
A new species belonging to the genus Malaconothrus Berlese, 1904was described from wet moss in Iriomote Island, Okinawa Prefecture. Malaconothrus iriomotensis sp. nov. is similar to Malaconothrus yamamotoi Aoki, 1994 and Malaconothrus kiiensis Yamamoto, 1996, but is distinguishable from the latters by the smooth and thin rostral seta, four pairs of smooth notogastral setae(e2, h1, h2, ps2), some light spots found along inner edge of lamellar and between paired setae d1 and short genital and adanal setae.

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