A new oribatid mite genus, Coetzeella gen. nov. (Oribatida, Oppiidae), with C. navalensis sp. nov. as type species, is proposed and described based on adults from termitaries of South Africa. It is distinguished from all oribatid taxa by having a deep hollow bordered by membranoid lobes on the hump-like anterior part of prodorsum.
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22 March 2017
Coetzeella navalensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Oppiidae) from South Africa
Sergey G. Ermilov,
Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzee,
Alexander A. Khaustov
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 22 • No. 3
March 2017
Vol. 22 • No. 3
March 2017
Africa
morphology
new genus and species
oppiid mites
systematics
termitary