Two new species of oripodoid mites (Oribatida: Oripodoidea) are described from soil of the Oumé region in Côte d'Ivoire. Scheloribates oumensis sp. nov. (Scheloribatidae) differs from all species of the genus by the presence of strong longitudinal ridges on prodorsum. Gephyrazetes ndrii sp. nov. (Mochlozetidae) differs from Gephyrazetes umukusumae Ermilov & Starý, 2018 by the presence of ten pairs of notogastral setae and spindle-form bothridial setae. An identification key to known species of Gephyrazetes is presented.
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28 June 2018
Two new species of Oripodoidea (Acari: Oribatida) from Côte d'Ivoire
Sergey G. Ermilov
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 23 • No. 7
July 2018
Vol. 23 • No. 7
July 2018
Ethiopian region
Gephyrazetes
morphology
oribatid mites
Scheloribates
systematics