title: Two new species of Austrophthiracarus (Acari: Oribatida: phthiracaridae) from New Zealand.
abstract: The genus Austrophthiracarus (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae) was represented in New Zealand by four species prior to this work. In this paper, two new species of Austrophthiracarus are described from the South Island, New Zealand: Austrophthiracarus cronadun sp. nov. collected near Cronadun, Buller and Austrophthiracarus tawhai sp. nov. from (Catlins State Forest, Otago. A key to all known species of Austrophthiracarus in New Zealand is provided.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhi-Qiang
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D009520:New Zealand; D013045:Species Specificity