A New Species of Oribatid Mite Collected from Ant Nests in Oriental Tropics

Jun-ichi AOKI; Fuminori ITO

doi:10.2300/acari.6.107

Jun-ichi AOKI, Fuminori ITO

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Keywords: oribatid mite, ant nests, new species, Protoribates myrmecophilus

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1997 Volume 6 Issue 2 Pages 107-112

DOI https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.6.107

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Published: November 25, 1997 Received: February 24, 1997 Available on J-STAGE: June 28, 2010 Accepted: March 24, 1997 Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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1) Department of Soil Zoology, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, Yokohama240, Japan
2) Biological Laboratory, Faculty of Education, Kagawa University, Takamatsu 760, Japan

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1) Department of Soil Zoology, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University
2) Biological Laboratory, Faculty of Education, Kagawa University

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Right : oribatid mite, ant nests, new species, Protoribates myrmecophilus

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Abstract

Aoki, J. &F. Ito, 1997. A new species of oribatid mite collected from ant nests in Oriental tropics. J. Acarol. Soc. Jpn., 6(2): 107-112.
A new species of oribatid mite, Protoribates myrmecophilus, is described from nests of myrmicine ants Myrmecina spp. in West Malaysia, Sabah and Sumatra. The new species differs from the known congeners in the sensilli almost without. barbation, the rostrum projecting in trapezoid form and the hardly visible notogastral setae.
Key words: oribatid mite, ant nests, new species, Protoribates myrmecophilus

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