Some new and unusual Otocepheids from Samar and Mindanao island, Philippines (Acari:Oribatida:Otocepheidae)
2004
Raros, L.A.C. (Philippines Univ. Los Banos, College, Laguna (Philippines). Dept. of Entomology)
Mites are important components of the soil subsystem where they dominate other animals in terms of kinds and numbers. Some of these participate in litter breakdown and spread spores of fungi and other microorganisms of decay. Other feed on the former groups of mites and small detritus - feeding insects and therefore play important roles in the cycling of nutrients in the soil. The study of soil mites has recently gained impetus in most parts of the world because of their importance in decomposition, with practical application in the management of crop residues and human garbage. The present study is part of the continuing process of documenting the diversity of mites in Philippine soils. It reports the discovery of five unusual species from Mt. Malindang Range in the province of Misamis Occidental in Mindanao Island, and from the provinces of Eastern and Western Samar in Samar Island. Two of these species are so unique that two new genera have to be erected to accommodate them in the present classification of the family to which they belong, that is, the family Otocepheidae. As required by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature these newly discovered genera and species are described and characterized, and new names are given to them before they become available for use by other zoologists, biologists and other scientists
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