The genus Kunstidamaeus (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae) in Asia, with description of a new species from Taiwan

Ladislav Miko; Sergey G. Ermilov

doi:10.11158/saa.24.3.5

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11 March 2019 The genus Kunstidamaeus (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae) in Asia, with description of a new species from Taiwan

Ladislav Miko, Sergey G. Ermilov

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 24(3):389-403 (2019). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.24.3.5

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A new oribatid mite species of the genus KunstidamaeusMiko, 2006 (Oribatida, Damaeidae) is described from Taiwan, based on adult and tritonymphal instar; Kunstidamaeus yilanensissp. nov. differs from similar damaeid species by the long and flagellate interlamellar, exobothridial and some epimeral setae (3c, 4c, 4d), and the presence of prodorsal tubercles Da, Ba and La, prodorsal enantiophyses and ventrosejugal tubercles. Four Asian species, originally described as species of EpidamaeusBulanova-Zachvatkina, 1957, are transferred to the genus Kunstidamaeus: K. fragilis (Enami & Fujikawa, 1989) comb. nov., K. parayunnanensis (Ermilov & Kalúz, 2013) comb. nov., K. verrucatus (Enami & Fujikawa, 1989) comb. nov., K. yunnanensis (Enami, Aoki & Hu, 1994) comb. nov.

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Ladislav Miko and Sergey G. Ermilov "The genus Kunstidamaeus (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae) in Asia, with description of a new species from Taiwan," Systematic and Applied Acarology 24(3), 389-403, (11 March 2019). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.24.3.5

Received: 19 November 2018; Accepted: 13 February 2019; Published: 11 March 2019

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