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- Title
Halacaridae (Acari) amongst the epiflora and fauna on trunks, branches, roots, and pneumatophores on the coast of Singapore: A survey.
- Authors
Bartsch, Ilse
- Abstract
In coastal areas of Singapore, representatives of eight halacarid genera have been found amongst the epibios on trunks, branches, roots, and pneumatophores. The genera and the number of species (in parentheses) are: Acarothrix (3), Actacarus (1), Agaue (1), Agauopsis (2), Copidognathus (7), Isobactrus (1), and Rhombognathus (3). Keys to these species are presented. Four new species are described, namely Agauopsis longirostris, Copidognathus latusculus, C. mollis, and C. riguus. Taxonomical, distributional and biological data are given to all species. Less than half of the 18 species may be restricted to mangrove areas, whilst the other species have or are expected to be found on and in various substrata outside mangroves. Eight of the species have at present no records from outside Singapore, but these species are certainly no Singapore endemisms; their absence is the result of restricted sampling activities in the Indo-West Pacific region.
- Subjects
SINGAPORE; HALACARIDAE; MITES; ACARIFORMES; MANGROVE plants
- Publication
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2015, p96
- ISSN
0217-2445
- Publication type
Article