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Issue: Vol. 5740 No. 1: 31 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5740.1.9
Page range: 112-124
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Description of an arboreal oribatid mite species of the genus Ovobates (Acari, Oribatida, Oribatulidae), based on adult and nymphs from Vietnam

University of Tyumen; X-BIO Institute; Tyumen; Russia.
Plant Protection Institute; HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research; Budapest; Hungary.; Széchenyi István University; Department of Plant Sciences; Albert Kázmér Faculty of Mosonmagyaróvár; Mosonmagyaróvár; Hungary
Acari oribatulid mite tree dweller taxonomy morphology nymph ontogeny oriental region

Abstract

The genus Ovobates (Oribatida, Oribatulidae) comprises two species distributed in the Oriental region. A new species—Ovobates ochrocarpicus sp. nov.—is described, based on adult and nymphal instars, collected from branches of the ochrocarp tree in southern Vietnam. The adult of the new species is characterized by the presence of the five pairs of notogastral porose areas and the epimeral formula 3-1-3-3. The nymphs of the new species are characterized by presence of clavate bothridial seta; setiform interlamellar seta; short, setiform, thin gastronotic setae c1, c2, da, la; medium-sized to long, setiform, gastronotic setae dm c3, lm, p2, and p3; medium-sized, bacilliform gastronotic setae dp, h1, and h3; long, subflagellate, gastronotic setae lp, h2, and p1; epimeral formula 3-1-2-2 in tritonymph; and seven setae on the leg tarsus IV in protonymph. The generic diagnosis and a morphological comparison of adults and juvenile instars of the known species of Ovobates are presented.

 

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How to Cite

Ermilov, S.G. & Kontschán, J. (2025) Description of an arboreal oribatid mite species of the genus Ovobates (Acari, Oribatida, Oribatulidae), based on adult and nymphs from Vietnam. Zootaxa, 5740 (1), 112–124. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5740.1.9