Investigations on the Oribatid Fauna of Java.

Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, I kommission hos Munksgaard, København 1979. 4to. 78 pages + XLVII plates with drawings in b/w. Original soft, gray cover. Pages unopened. Owner's stamp to title page. Very good+. * Biologiske Skrifter udgivet af Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskab 22, 9. **Marie Hammer (1907-2002) renowned Danish Zoologist who in her early days worked for polar expedition leader Lauge Koch. She later joined the Seventh Thule Expedition under the leadership of Knud Rasmussen. Her doctoral treatise "Studies on the Oribatids and Collemboles in Greenland" was largely based on her own collecting during the years in Greenland as well as the collections she worked on with Lauge Koch. Her thinking on the origin of the Oribatid Mites in connection with the relatively new theories on continental drift was innovative. In 1954 she travelled on a budget to South America and discovered 350 new species. In Argentina she discovered a mite which is identical to a mite found in Northern Scandinavia and Denmark, in New Zealand she found species identical to ones found in South America. "A Review of the World Distribution of oribatid mites in Relation to Continental Drift" written with J.A. Wallwork was published in 1979.…