Plateremaeoid mites (Arachnida: Acarina: Cryptostigmata) from South Australian soils

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 9 years ago

Abstract - The plateremaeoid genera Pedrocortesella Hammer (Pedrocortesellidae) and Pheroliodes Grandjean (Pheroliodidae) are redescribed and AcupediceIIus n. gen. (Pedrocortesellidae) is proposed. Five new species are described from South Australian soils: Pedrocortesella semireticulata sp. nov., PedrocorteseIIa cryptoreticulata sp. nov., AcupediceIIus cornutus sp. nov., and Pheroliodes copiosus sp. nov. and Pheroliodes robustus sp. nov., the first records of the Pheroliodidae from Australia. Keys are given for the six species of Pedrocortesella and two species of Pheroliodes in Australia.