Abstract
Two new species of mites in the genus Cosmolaelaps (Laelapidae) are described from specimens collected from soil-litter in Sri Lanka—C. ceylonensis sp. nov. and C. trichiurus sp. nov. The genus Cosmolaelaps is reported for the first time from Sri Lanka.
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