Ethiopian Oribatid Mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the Joint Russian-Ethiopian Biological Expedition (2012), With Description of a New Species

The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected during October and November 2012 in the course of a Russian-Ethiopian expedition to southern Ethiopia. An annotated checklist of identified taxa is provided, with 22 species, 19 genera and 15 families recorded. A new species, Perschelori...

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Published inAfrican invertebrates Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 27 - 37
Main Authors Ermilov, Sergey G, Rybalov, Leonid B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Natal Museum 01.01.2014
Council of the Natal Museum
Subjects
Afrotropical
body size
Checklist
Ethiopia
forest litter
mites
New species
Oribatid mites
Oribatida
Paroppia breviseta
Perscheloribates
Supplementary description
Xerophytic forest
Ethiopia
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Summary:The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected during October and November 2012 in the course of a Russian-Ethiopian expedition to southern Ethiopia. An annotated checklist of identified taxa is provided, with 22 species, 19 genera and 15 families recorded. A new species, Perscheloribates paratranslamellatus sp. n., from xerophytic forest litter is described. It is most similar morphologically to Perscheloribates translamellatus (Pérez-Iñigo & Baggio, 1991), but differs from the latter by larger body size, presence of a rudimentary translamellar line, absence of prolamellar lines, longer setae p1 and elongate openings of sacculi Sa, S1. A supplementary description of Paroppia breviseta (Balogh, 1962) based on Ethiopian specimens is presented.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.5733%2Fafin.055.0101
ISSN:1681-5556
2305-2562
DOI:10.5733/afin.055.0101