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Brachioppiella (Gressittoppia) pepitensis Hammer 1962

Description

Brachioppiella (Gressittoppia) pepitensis Hammer, 1962

Specimens examined: Cerro Otto - under A. chilensis, leaf litter XI-2006 (10), soil III-2007 (2).

Remarks: Originally described from Chile. Previously reported from that country [as Oppia pepitensis Hammer] in Tierra del Fuego (Hammer 1962a) and a subspecies [as Oppia pepitensis brevipectinata Covarrubias] was described from South Shetland Islands (Covarrubias 1968). First record for continental Argentina.

Notes

Published as part of Kun, Marcelo E., Martínez, Pablo A. & Gonzalez, Alda, 2010, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Austrocedrus chilensis and Nothofagus forests of Northwestern Patagonia (Argentina), pp. 22-42 in Zootaxa 2548 on pages 31-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196766

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References

  • Hammer, M. (1962 a) Investigations on the Oribatid Fauna of the Andes Mountains III. Chile. Biologiske Skrifter Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 13 (2), 1 - 96.
  • Covarrubias, R. (1968) Some observations on Antarctic Oribatei (Acarina) Liochthonius australis sp. n., and two Oppia spp. n. Acarologia, 10, 313 - 356.