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NEW SPECIES OF WATER MITES (ACARI: HYDRACHNIDA) OF THE GENERA BANDAKIA (ANISITSIELLIDAE), CHAPPUISIDES (CHAPPUISIDIDAE), AND NEOACARUS (NEOACARIDAE) FROM MEXICO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Cristina Cramer  and
Ian M. Smith
Cristina Cramer
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Acarología, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México 04150, D.F., Mexico
Ian M. Smith
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
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Abstract

Adults of Bandakia hoffmannae sp.nov., Bandakia mexicana sp.nov., Chappuisides notialis sp.nov., and Neoacarus adocetus sp.nov., all collected in the mountains west of Mexico City, are described. These are the first reports of species of these three essentially holarctic genera from south of the United States border in North America. These discoveries provide new insight concerning the extent of refugial areas for freshwater arthropods in southern North America during the Pleistocene.

Résumé

On trouvera ici la description des adultes de Bandakia hoffmannae sp.nov., Bandakia mexicana sp.nov., Chappuisides notialis sp.nov. et Neoacarus adocetus sp.nov., provenant des montagnes situées à l’ouest de Mexico. C’est la première fois que des espèces de ces trois genres essentiellement holarctiques sont trouvées au sud de la frontière américaine. Ces découvertes permettent d’envisager de nouvelles hypothèses au sujet de l’étendue des refuges qui s’offraient aux arthropodes dulcicoles dans la partie méridionale de l’Amérique du Nord au cours du Pléistocène.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 123 , Issue 4 , August 1991 , pp. 795 - 809
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1991

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