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Issue: Vol. 2739 No. 1: 13 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2739.1.6
Page range: 60–68
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 1

New and little known species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Ethiopia

Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Laboratory of Entomology, Сenter of Independent Examinations–NN, Gagarin’s pr. 97, 603107 Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
Acari oribatid ptyctimous mites new species Ethiopia

Abstract

Three new species of oribatid mites of the genus Plonaphacarus, Plonaphacarus sidorchukae sp. nov., Plonaphacarus rybalovi sp. nov. and Plonaphacarus hamulus sp. nov., are described from Bale Mountains National Park (Afrotropical region, Ethiopia). Morphological and taxonomical remarks about Steganacarus (Steganacarus) sol and Steganacarus (Steganacarus) vestitus are presented.

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