Leaving the tropics: The successful colonization of cold temperate regions by <i>Dolicheremaeus dorni</i> (Acari, Oribatida).

ABSTRACT: Species diversity is generally higher in the tropics compared to the temperate zones. The phenomenon that one species of an almost exclusively tropical living genus was able to adapt successfully to the cold northern regions is rather rare. However, the oribatid mite Dolicheremaeus dorni represents such a species and is in the focus of this study. While 180 Dolicheremaeus species are confined to the tropics and subtropics, only five species are known to occur in temperate climates and D. dorni represents the only species with a wider distribution in this climatic region. This species is distributed in Central and Southern Europe and was now recorded for the first time in Austria. A morphological and molecular genetic investigation of specimens from Austria, Poland and

SUBMITTER: Schaffer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6049615 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature