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Issue: Vol. 5556 No. 1: 23 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5556.1.5
Page range: 51-61
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Araguazetes luisi gen. nov., sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Haplozetidae) from Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela

University of Tyumen; Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO); Tyumen; Russia
Invertebrate Biodiversity Program; Research Branch; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; K.W. Neatby Bldg.; Ottawa; Ontario; Canada
Acari oribatid mites oripodoidea taxonomy morphology Neotropical region

Abstract

A new oribatid mite genus, Araguazetes gen. nov. (Oribatida, Haplozetidae), with type species Araguazetes luisi sp. nov., is proposed and described from Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela. Based on an analysis of adults of genera of Haplozetidae, the new genus is closely related to Haplozetes and Mancoribates, from which it is most easily distinguished by the broad, nearly rounded notogaster, the adjacent dorsal position of the rostral setae, the arch-like translamella, and the absence of the interlamellar setae and their alveoli. Relationships between Araguazetes and selected other genera within Haplozetidae are discussed.

 

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