Water mites of a high-altitude thermal spring in the Chilean Andes (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with the description of a new Thermacarus species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Thermacaridae)
New data are presented of water mites from a thermal spring in the high Andes of Chile. Three species have been found, i.e. Thermacarus chilensis n. sp., Hydryphantes thermalis Cook and Wandesia chechoi Cook.
Authors
- Harry Smit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0376-6808)
- Vladimir Pešić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9724-345X)
Institutions
- Museums Victoria (AU)
- University of Montenegro (ME)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ecologica Montenegrina
- Published
- 2024-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.74.7
- Primary Topic
- Study of Mite Species
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center