Abstract
Three new species of the oribatid mite genus, Austrocarabodes, from South Africa are described, namely A. nortoni sp. nov., A. longisetosus sp. nov. and A. crassimarginatus sp. nov.. A supplementary description is given of A. pinnatus Mahunka, 1986. The known distribution of these species is given and a key to all South African species is presented.References
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