New Species of Marine Littoral Mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Taiwan and India, with a Key to the World's Species of Fortuynia and Notes on Their Distributions
Badamdorj Bayartogtokh, Tapas Chatterjee, Benny K.K. Chan, and Baban Ingole (2009) Species of the small oribatid mite genus Fortuynia (Ameronothroidea: Fortuyniidae) mostly inhabit marine littoral zones in the tropics and subtropics. In the present paper, we describe 2 new species, Fortuynia taiwanica sp. nov. and Fortuynia arabica sp. nov., collected from the marine coastal areas of Taiwan and India, respectively; the descriptions are based on adult and juvenile specimens. A diagnostic key to the adults of known species of Fortuynia in the world is given along with a summary of their geographical distributions.
Keywords
Fortuyniidae, New species, Taiwan, India.
