TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Two new mites of the rare families Barbutiidae and Linotetranidae (Acari), from the Namib desert VL - 37 IS - 2 SP - 97 EP - 106 PY - 1996 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Andre, H.M. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4122 DA - 1996-09-30 KW - Acari KW - Namib desert KW - Namibia KW - soil AB - Two new actinedid mites are described from the gravel plain of the Namib desert: Namibarbutia seelyae n. gen., n. sp. (Barbutiidae) and Linotetranus mirabebensis n. sp. (Linotetranidae). The definitions of the genus Barbutia and the family Barbutiidae are modified accordingly. Identification keys are provided for both families. The high value of the ratio length-width of the new species is related to habitat. ER -