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Issue: Vol. 5506 No. 4: 10 Sept. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-09-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5506.4.5
Page range: 555-566
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New Ceratorchestes (Acari, Oribatida, Peloppiidae) from Venezuela

Tyumen State University; Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO); Tyumen; Russia
Acari peloppiid mites taxonomy morphology new record Neotropical region

Abstract

Three new species of Ceratorchestes (Ceratorchestes) (Oribatida, Peloppiidae)—C. (C.) tripartitus sp. nov., C. (C.) duocornutus sp. nov. and C. (C.) truncatus sp. nov.—are described, based on adults collected from leaf litter in northern Venezuela. Ceratorchestes (Paraceratorchestes) melzeri is recorded for the first time from Venezuela. An identification key, distribution and habitat to the known species of Ceratorchestes are provided.

 

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