Ilse Bartsch and Thomas M. Iliffe. 1985. The halacarid fauna
(Halacaridae, Acari) of Bermuda's caves. Stygologia, 1:300-321.
Nine species of halacarid mites (Halacaridae, Acari) are
here reported from inland marine caves on Bermuda. Five of these are new
species, e.g. Agauopsis bermudensis, A. littoralis,
Copidognathus bermudensis, C subterraneus, and C. longispinus, while two
species, Copidognathus floridensis and Simognathus fuscus,
are new records for Bermuda. Probably none of these halacarids are true
cavernicolous forms.
Ilse Bartsch, Biologische
Anstalt Helgoland, Notkestr. 31, 22607 Hamburg, Germany -
Thomas M. Iliffe, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at
Galveston, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, Texas 77553, USA.
E-mail:
iliffet@tamug.edu
Keywords: halacarid; Bermuda; marine cave; mites.
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