Contribution to the Central European Gymnodamaeus species G. barbarossa and G. bicostatus (Acari, Oribatida, Gymnodamaeidae

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Weigmann, G., Mourek, J. (2008): Contribution to the Central European Gymnodamaeus species G. barbarossa and G. bicostatus (Acari, Oribatida, Gymnodamaeidae. Zoosystematics and Evolution 84: 255-264, URL: http://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/zoos.200800010/pdfAbstractA redescription of Gymnodamaeus barbarossa Weigmann, 2006, is presented and the species is compared with Gymnodamaeus bicostatus (C.L.Koch, 1835). Only these two species of the genus are known to occur in Central Europe. Gymnodamaeus bicostatus has a holarctic distribution, G. barbarossa has been recorded in Eastern Germany at the Kyffhaeuser Mountain (locus typicus), in Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia, up to now. Each species has a characteristic cerotegument ornamentation, which is documented by SEM micrographs. Both species seem to prefer dry and warm habitats.Received 16 January 2008Accepted 8 April 2008Published 24 September 2008Key WordstaxonomydistributionEuropeleg setationcerotegumentmorphometrics