A new species of soil mite from western Colorado (Acari: Cryptostigmata, Pelopidae)

Authors

Harold G. Higgins, Department of Biology, Granger High School, Granger, Utah
Tyler A. Woolley, Department of Zoology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

Abstract

A new species of soil mite from Hayden, Colorado, is described. This species, Peloptulus tanytrichosus, is the first representative of the genus in North America. The species is described, figured, and compared with P. foveolatus Hammer, 1961. Eight specimens were taken from different habitats, including aspen litter, scrub oak litter, and beneath greasewood and pepper grass.

Recommended Citation

Higgins, Harold G. and Woolley, Tyler A. (1972) "A new species of soil mite from western Colorado (Acari: Cryptostigmata, Pelopidae)," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 32: No. 4, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol32/iss4/4