Systematics and ecology of Naiadacarus nepenthicola, a new species of acaridae (Acari: Astigmata) inhabiting the pitchers of Nepenthes bicalcarata hook. f. in Brunei Darussalam

• Main Authors: Norman J Fashing, Tock, Hing Chua
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2009
• Subjects: QR75-99.5 Bacteria
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34076/1/Systematics%20and%20ecology%20of%20Naiadacarus%20nepenthicola%2C%20a%20new%20species%20of%20acaridae%20.ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34076/2/Systematics%20and%20ecology%20of%20Naiadacarus%20nepenthicola%2C%20a%20new%20species%20of%20acaridae.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34076/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01647950208684290; https://doi.org/10.1080/01647950208684290

A new species, Naiadacarus nepenthicola, is described from adults and deutonymphs collected in Belait District, Brunei Darussalam, from the fluid-filled pitchers of Nepenthes bicalcarata Hook. f.. This constitutes the first record of a member of the family Acaridae inhabiting Nepenthes pitchers. It...