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Description of Nooliodes gen. n. and Nooliodidae fam. n. (Acari, Oribatei) from Madagascar

Abstract

A new genus Nooliodes is described and a new family Nooliodidae is proposed and characterized (Acari, Oribatei). The type species, Plateremaeus glaber Balogh, from Madagascar, is redescribed based on previous description and figures. The new genus is close to Octoliodes Paschoal, 1987 family Pheroliodidae Paschoal.


Description of Nooliodes gen. n. and Nooliodidae fam. n. (Acari, Oribatei) from Madagascar

Adilson D. Paschoal

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ABSTRACT

A new genus Nooliodes is described and a new family Nooliodidae is proposed and characterized (Acari, Oribatei).

The type species, Plateremaeus glaber Balogh, from Madagascar, is redescribed based on previous description and figures. The new genus is close to Octoliodes Paschoal, 1987 family Pheroliodidae Paschoal.

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  • HAMMER, M. 1966. Investigations on the oribatid fauna of New Zealand. Part I. Biol. Skr. Dan. Vid. Selsk. 15 (2):5-108.
  • PASCHOAL, A. D. 1979. Revisão da família Plateremaeidae e recaracterização da superfamília Gymnodamaeoidea (Acari, Oribatei). Tese Livre-Docência, E. S. A. "Luiz de Queiroz", USP, 373pp.
  • PASCHOAL, A. D. 1987a. A revision of the Pheroliodidae, fam. n. (Acari, Oribatei). Revta bras. Zool. 3 (6):357-384.
  • PASCHOAL, A. D. 1987b. A revision of the Plateremaeidae (Acari, Oribatei). Revta bras. Zool. 3 (6):327-356.

Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    11 Aug 2009
  • Date of issue
    1989
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