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The first description of a microtrombidiid mite (Actinotrichida: Prostigmata, Microtrombidiidae) from Baltic amber, with notes on related extant genera and species
- Source :
- Palaontologische Zeitschrift
- Publisher :
- Springer Nature
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Abstract
- Discovery of parasitengone mites (Acari) in the Gulf of Gdańsk deposits of Baltic amber (“Blue Earth” sediment) resulted in the first description of a fossil representative of Microtrombidiidae. The new species, based on larvae, displays affinity to recent members of Montenegtrombium Saboori and Pešić, 2006, Persianthrombium Sedghi, Saboori and Hakimitabar (in Sedghi et al. 2010) and Porttrombidium Haitlinger, 2000, known from the southwestern Palaearctic. A comparison with related genera and species places the newly described taxon in Porttrombidium (as Porttrombidium gedanense sp. nov.). Montenegtrombium is regarded as a junior synonym of Porttrombidium.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Baltic amber
Parasitengona
010607 zoology
“Blue Earth”
Gulf of Gdańsk
Succinite
“Blaue Erde”
Eocene
01 natural sciences
Extant taxon
Danziger Bucht
Mite
Acari
biology
Polen
Ecology
Palaeontology
Prostigmata
Paleontology
Microtrombidiidae
biology.organism_classification
010602 entomology
Taxon
Poland
Succinit
Baltischer Bernstein
Research Paper
Eozän
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00310220
- Volume :
- 90
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PalZ
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7e60015b17e37d73c6280a1fee88cd06
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-016-0311-y