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Issue: Vol. 3208 No. 1: 27 Feb. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3208.1.2
Page range: 27–40
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Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Ethiopia

Phytosanitary Department, Nizhniy Novgorod Referral Сenter of the Federal service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection, Gagarin 97, 603107 Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
Laboratory of Arthropods, Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya 123, 117997 Moscow, Russia
Laboratory of Soil Zoology and General Entomology, Institute of Ecological and Evolutionary Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Lenin 33, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Acari oribatid mites fauna checklist Ethiopia

Abstract

In 2009–2010, a total of 99 species, 75 genera and 45 families of oribatid mites in Ethiopia were registered. Of these, 89species, 55 genera and 26 families are first records for the country. The updated list of oribatids of Ethiopia includes 128species, 94 genera and 55 families. An annotated checklist oribatid mite taxa of Ethiopia with known distributions is provided.

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