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The cryptostigmatid mite Halozetes belgicae (Michael) in the maritime Antarctic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2004

L.B. Minto ,
G.J. Shepherd  and
M.B. Usher
L.B. Minto
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of York York YO1 5DD, UK
G.J. Shepherd
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of York York YO1 5DD, UK Departamento de Botanica, I B da Unicamp, CXP60109, Campinas, SP, Brazil
M.B. Usher
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of York York YO1 5DD, UK
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Abstract

Halozetes belgicae is distributed widely in the Subantarctic and maritime Antarctic, with subspecies described from Macquarie Island and the South Sandwich Islands. A morphometrical study, based largely on the development of the setae, indicates that the nominate subspecies is confined to the Antarctic Peninsula and its offshore islands (including the South Shetland Islands), whilst specimens from the South Orkney Islands are probably consubspecific with individuals on the South Sandwich Islands. In comparison with other studies of the Acari, the results strengthen the case for the recognition of a South Orkadian biogeographical zone.

Keywords

AcaribiogeographyCryptostigmatamaritime Antarcticmites
Type
Papers—Life Sciences and Oceanography
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 53 - 59
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 1991

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