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1 November 2021 New species of Oribatella (Acari, Oribatida, Oribatellidae) from Peru
Sergey G. Ermilov, Luis S. Subías, Umukusum Ya. Shtanchaeva
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Abstract

Two new species of oribatid mites of the genus Oribatella (Oribatida, Oribatellidae)—O. friedrichi sp. nov. and O. cornuta sp. nov.—are described from soil and leaf litter of the primary evergreen lowland rainforest in Amazonian Peru. An identification key to known species/subspecies of Oribatella from the Neotropical region is presented.

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Sergey G. Ermilov, Luis S. Subías, and Umukusum Ya. Shtanchaeva "New species of Oribatella (Acari, Oribatida, Oribatellidae) from Peru," Systematic and Applied Acarology 26(11), 2085-2095, (1 November 2021). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.26.11.9
Received: 8 September 2021; Accepted: 28 September 2021; Published: 1 November 2021
KEYWORDS
identification key
morphology
Neotropical Region
oribatid mites
taxonomy
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