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Issue: Vol. 4717 No. 1: 31 Dec. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-12-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4717.1.5
Page range: 30–46
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Morphological ontogeny, ecology and some biological parameters of Achipteria nitens (Acari: Oribatida: Achipteriidae)

Department of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
University of Bergen, University Museum of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
University of Bergen, University Museum of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
University of Bergen, University Museum of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Acari oribatid mites juveniles leg setation ecology stage structure

Abstract

The morphological ontogeny of Achipteria nitens (Nicolet, 1855) from Crimea peninsula is redescribed and illustrated, and ecology and some biological parameters of this species are investigated. The larva of this species has short, thick and barbed setae in and of c-series, and anterior part of prodorsum reticulate, whereas the nymphs have most gastronotal setae of medium size and barbed, except for shorter c3, and shorter, thick and smooth p2 and p3. A key to the larva and nymphs of eight species of Achipteria Berlese, 1885 is provided.

 

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