A revision of the Pedrocortesellidae, fam. n. (Acari: Oribatei)

The family Pedrocortesellidae, fam. n., includes the following genera and specie : Pedrocortesella Hammer, with the species: puchra Hammer (Peru) and gymnonota Hammer (New Zealand), which are redescribed; Pedrocortesella africana Pletzen (South Africa), P. parva Pletzen (South Africa) and P. hardyi Balogh (New Guinea) are considered incertae sedis: and Hexachaetoniella, gen. n., with the species sexpilosa (Hammer), n. comb., the type-species, and japonica (Aoki & Suzuki), n. comb. (Japan).

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Main Author: Paschoal,Adilson D.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 1986
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81751986000200003
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