TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - First Records of Lohmanniidae (Acari, Oribatida) from the Bermuda Islands VL - 52 IS - 3 SP - 247 EP - 257 PY - 2012 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Schatz, H. AU - Schuster, R. UR - https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122064 DO - 10.1051/acarologia/20122064 DA - 2012-09-27 ET - 2012-09-27 KW - Acari KW - Oribatida KW - Lohmanniidae KW - Bermuda KW - ecology KW - zoogeography AB - Records of nine species of the family Lohmanniidae from the Bermuda Islands, belonging to six genera, are presented and discussed (Haplacarus foliatus Wallwork, 1962, Lohmannia banksi Norton, Metz et Sharma, 1978, L. jornoti Mahunka, 1985, L. similis Balogh, 1962, Meristacarus porcula Grandjean, 1934, Nesiacarus granulatus Hammer, 1972, Papillacarus incompletus (Mahunka, 1985), P. spinosus Bischoff de Alzuet, 1972, Torpacarus omittens omittens Grandjean, 1950). Morphological characteristics, ecology and zoogeographical relationships are analysed. Most Lohmanniidae species were found in terrestrial habitats, a few species colonize the salt-spray area of the supralittoral zone or even the upper eulittoral zone, mainly in mangrove leaf litter. Almost all Lohmanniidae species found on Bermuda occur also in Central or South America. Dispersal by hydrochory can be assumed for most species. ER -