Abstract
A new genus Andesperuviella (Acari, Oribatei, Hammeriellidae) is described. The type species, Pedrocortesia dentata Hammer, 1961 is redescribed in detail. The genus, up to the present, is monotypic and restricted to the Peruvian Andes.
Description of Andesperuviella gen.n. (Acari, Oribatei, Hammeriellidae) from the Peruvian Andes
Adilson D. Paschoal
ESALQ-USP, Caixa postal, 9, 13.400 Piracicaba - SP
ABSTRACT
A new genus Andesperuviella (Acari, Oribatei, Hammeriellidae) is described. The type species, Pedrocortesia dentata Hammer, 1961 is redescribed in detail. The genus, up to the present, is monotypic and restricted to the Peruvian Andes.
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- HAMMER, M. 1961. Investigations on the oribatid fauna of the Andes Mountains. II. Peru. Biol. Skr. Dan. Vid. Selsk. 13(1):1-157.
- PASCHOAL, A. D. 1989. Description of a new genus - Hammeriella gen. n. - from South America and a new family - Hammeriellidae fam. n. (Acari, Oribatei). Revta bras. Zool., 6(1):17-24.
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11 Aug 2009 -
Date of issue
Apr 1989
