<strong>New species and records of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Cuba</strong>

Wojciech NIEDBAŁA; SERGEY G. ERMILOV

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4052.1.8

Issue: Vol. 4052 No. 1: 1 Dec. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-12-01

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.1.8

Page range: 135–142

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New species and records of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Cuba

Wojciech NIEDBAŁA⁺⁻
SERGEY G. ERMILOV⁺⁻

Faculty of Biology, Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland.

Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

Acari Oribatida ptyctimous mites checklist new species new record morphology systematics Cuba

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Abstract

An annotated checklist of identified oribatid mites from Cuba, including 16 species, 9 genera and 4 families, is provided. Three new species, Prototritia triangularibus Niedbała sp. nov. (Protoplophoridae), Hoplophthiracarus vinalesensis Niedbała sp. nov. and Protophthiracarus paratripartitus Niedbała sp. nov. (both Steganacaridae), are described from leaf litter. Three species of the subgenus Atropacarus (Hoplophorella)—A. (H.) andrei (Balogh, 1958), A. (H.) brachys Niedbała, 2004 and A. (H.) stilifer (Hammer, 1961)—are recorded in the Cuban mite fauna for the first time.