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First records and descriptions of the marine littoral mite genus Amhyadesia Fain and Ganning 1979 (Acari: Astigmata: Hyadesiidae) from southern Africa
Published Online:1 Oct 1999https://hdl.handle.net/10520/AJA00445096_1409
Abstract
Three species of the rocky-shore inhabiting mite genus Amhyadesia Fain and Ganning 1979 (Acari: Astigmata: Hyadesiidae) were present In collections made across the extent of the southern African sub-continent, from Elandsbaai on the west coast to Inhambane (Mozambique) on the east coast. Two are new species, A austafricana spec. nov. and A elizabethensis spec. nov., and are descriptionbed herein. The third species, A heterophallus, collected from the east coast only, is widely-distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
