A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF ORIBATID MITES (ACARI, ORIBATIDA) OF NEW CALEDONIA

摘要

The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected in New Caledonia in 2001-2016. A list of 31 species/subspecies belonging to 20 genera and 16 families is provided. Of these, six species (Mochlozetes penetrabilis, Punctoribates (Minguezetes) insignis, Galumna acutirostrum, G. naturalisi, Pergalumna paraelongata, P. weberi) are being recorded from the Australian Region for the first time. A new species, Pergalumna caledonica sp. n., is described, which differs from Pergalumna remota (Hammer 1968) by the presence of two longitudinal prodorsal carinae. The new species differs also from Pergalumna minipora Ermilov, Chatterjee, Kumar Das, Bordoloi 2014 by its smaller body size, the presence of long interlamellar setae, and a rounded rostrum.