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9 October 2017 Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari: Oribatida) XIII. Congocepheus camerunensis sp. nov. from Cameroon and Synkrotima zimbabwae gen. nov., sp. nov. from the Republic of Zimbabwe
Nestor Fernandez, Pieter Theron, Sergio Leiva, Louwrens Tiedt
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Abstract

Congocepheus camerunensis sp. nov. from Cameroon and Synkrotima zimbabwaegen. nov., sp. nov. from Zimbabwe are described using optical and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Congocepheus camerunensis is similar to C. heterotrichus, differentiated by: dissimilarity in shape and length of prodorsal, notogastral, epimeral, agenital, and adanal setae; placement, shape, and size of finger-like projection, bothridial ring and tutorium. Synkrotima zimbabwaegen. nov., sp. nov. is a distinctive species with a more or less flat elevated interlamellar process with longitudinal elevations and an anterior expansion; very complex ventral ornamentations with alternating depressed and elevated zones; genital neotrichy; absence of notogastral depression; the differences in shape and lengths of the prodorsal, notogastral, epimeral, genital, aggenital, adanal and anal setae in comparison to other species of the family Carabodidae.

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Nestor Fernandez, Pieter Theron, Sergio Leiva, and Louwrens Tiedt "Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari: Oribatida) XIII. Congocepheus camerunensis sp. nov. from Cameroon and Synkrotima zimbabwae gen. nov., sp. nov. from the Republic of Zimbabwe," Systematic and Applied Acarology 22(11), 1822-1842, (9 October 2017). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.22.11.4
Received: 30 June 2017; Accepted: 27 August 2017; Published: 9 October 2017
KEYWORDS
Cameroon
Congocepheus
new genus
new species
Synkrotima
Zimbabwe
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