Thre e species of prostigmatic mites, Nanorchestes antarcticus, Tydeus erebus and
Stereotydeus mollis, and a species of cryptostigmatic mite, Antarcticola meyeri, are recorded from soil
from the Prince Charles Mountains, Mac Robertson Land. All have been recorded previously from other
Antarctic localities; they are the first invertebrates reported from this mountain range in East Antarctica.
Other specimens recorded, but thought to be contaminants, were a single dipteran (Family:
Psychodidae), 2 larval exuviae of a dermestid beetle (Antherocerus) and 1 cryptostigmatic mite (Camisia
segnis). |