New and Interesting Species of Oribatid Mites from Kakeroma Island, Southwest Japan

Abstract

Two new species, Sphaerochthonius suzukii and Plateremaeus yaginumai, are described. Microtritia tropica Märkel and Oxyamerus spathulatus Aoki are rocorded for the first time from Japan. They have been known only from South America and Thailand, respectively. The remaining 13 species collected were already known from the mainlands of Japan. © 1977, Arachnological Society of Japan. All rights reserved.