TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Hidden treasures – a first study on the unexplored diversity of water mites (Acari; Hydrachnidia) from Belize
VL  - 62
IS  - 3
SP  - 694
EP  - 720
PY  - 2022
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Goldschmidt, Tom
AU  - Schmidt, Jessica C.
AU  - Boles, Ed
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/vk99-cldq
DO  - 10.24349/vk99-cldq
DA  - 2022-07-08
ET  - 2022-07-08
KW  - Neotropics
new records
diversity
water quality assessment
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Here we provide first data on the apparently rich water mite fauna of Belize. In this work 27 genera in 14 families were registered at ten sites. The state of knowledge on water mites of El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Southern Mexico (South of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec) is described and similarities with the presented data are discussed. In total, 23 families, 61 genera are now known from Northern Central America, with one family (Hungarohydracaridae) and three genera (Santiagocarus, Neoaxona (Lamellaxona), Stygarrenurus) published for the first time from this region in the present study.
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