Abstract

SALAZAR MARTINEZ, Ana; ACCATTOLI, Cecilia; MARTINEZ, Pablo  and  SCHNACK, Juan A.. New records of oribatids (Acari: Oribatida) for Argentina. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. [online]. 2006, vol.65, n.3-4, pp.19-22. ISSN 0373-5680.

Four species of oribatid mites are recorded from Argentina for the first time: Epilohmannia pallida americana Balogh & Mahunka, 1981, Protoribates (Triangius) praeoccupatus (Pérez-Iñigo & Baggio, 1980), Scheloribates curvialatus Hammer, 1961 and Galumna innexa Pérez-Iñigo & Baggio, 1986. The specimens were collected in soil samples in La Plata , Buenos Aires Province (34º 54' S, 57º 55´ W) in sites exposed to different degrees of human intervention: urban forest, organic orchards and pastures.

Keywords : Acari; Oribatida; Neotropics; New records; Argentina.

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