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Issue: Vol. 3608 No. 3: 18 Jan. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-01-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.3.2
Page range: 178–190
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of Chistyakovella insolita gen. nov., sp. nov., and redescription of the type species of Diplobodes, D. kanekoi Aoki, 1958 (Acari: Oribatida: Carabodidae)

Nizhniy Novgorod Referral Сenter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
Tokyo, Japan
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; Joint Russian-Vietnamese Research and Technological Center, Southern Branch, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Acari oribatid mites Carabodidae new genus and species Diplobodes kanekoi redescription key Vietnam Japan

Abstract

A new oribatid mite genus, Chistyakovella gen. nov. (Carabodidae), with type species C. insolita sp. nov., is proposed and described from Southern Vietnam. It is clearly distinguished from other carabodid genera by the lamellae, which are touching medially. The new genus is most similar morphologically to Gibbicepheus Balogh, 1958 and Diplobodes Aoki, 1958, however it can be clearly distinguished from both genera by the position of interlamellar setae and the number of notogastral setae on the humeral regions of the notogaster. The type species of the genus Diplobodes, D. kanekoi Aoki, 1958, is redescribed from Japan. An identification key to known species of Diplobodes is presented.

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