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21 March 2017 First record of the family Liacaridae (Acari, Oribatida) from Vietnam, with description of two new species
Sergey G. Ermilov, Josef Starý
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Abstract

The oribatid mite family Liacaridae (Acari, Oribatida) is recorded in Vietnam for the first time. Two new species of liacarids of the genera Liacarus and Xenillus are described from Tam Dao National Park, northern Vietnam. Liacarus vietnamensis sp. nov. is similar to L. laterostris Mihelčič, 1954 in the morphology of lamellar cusps (inner teeth well-developed; interlamellar tubercle absent) and in having long interlamellar setae and short notogastral setae, but differs by the directions of lamellar cusps and morphology of bothridial setae. Xenillus tamdaoensis sp. nov. is similar to X. longipilus Pérez-Íñigo & Peña, 1995 in having long notogastral setae, insertion of notogastral setae lm posterior to la, and the presence of an interlamellar tubercle, but differs by the morphology and position of lamellar cusps, size of the interlamellar tubercle and length of interlamellar setae.

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Sergey G. Ermilov and Josef Starý "First record of the family Liacaridae (Acari, Oribatida) from Vietnam, with description of two new species," Systematic and Applied Acarology 22(4), 456-466, (21 March 2017). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.22.4.2
Received: 6 January 2017; Accepted: 1 February 2017; Published: 21 March 2017
KEYWORDS
Liacarus
morphology
new species
Oriental Region
record
systematics
Tam Dao National Park
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