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New Species of Indotritia Jacot, 1929 (Acarina : Oribatida) from Lakshadweep, India


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Lakshadweep is one of the smallest Union Territories of India. The first ever study of soil inhabiting oribatid mites from Lakshadweep reveled one new species under the genus Indotritia Jacot, 1929. Only two species of Indotritia were reported so far from India (Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Kashmir). The family and genus are reported here for the first time from Lakshadweep.

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Lakshadweep, Oribatid, Soil, New Species, Indotritia.
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  • New Species of Indotritia Jacot, 1929 (Acarina : Oribatida) from Lakshadweep, India

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Authors

A. K. Sanyal
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India
Paramita Basu
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India

Abstract


Lakshadweep is one of the smallest Union Territories of India. The first ever study of soil inhabiting oribatid mites from Lakshadweep reveled one new species under the genus Indotritia Jacot, 1929. Only two species of Indotritia were reported so far from India (Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Kashmir). The family and genus are reported here for the first time from Lakshadweep.

Keywords


Lakshadweep, Oribatid, Soil, New Species, Indotritia.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v114i1.168664