A new oribatid mite subgenus, Parabelbella (Paradyobelba) subgen. nov. (Oribatida, Damaeidae), characterized by unusual tubercular anterior propodolateral apophyse PA in combination with tubercular apophyses P, Sa and Sp, with type species Parabelbella (Paradyobelba) elchacoensissp. nov., is proposed and described from Ecuador. The relations between genera Parabelbella and Dyobelba are discussed on the background of two major lineages within Dameidae. Parabelbella dimidiaspina Xie, Yan & Yang, 2013 is recombined in Dyobelba.
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8 March 2021
Parabelbella (Paradyobelba) elchacoensis subgen. nov., sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae), an unusual representative of the genus from Ecuador
Ladislav Miko,
Sergey G. Ermilov
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 26 • No. 3
March 2021
Vol. 26 • No. 3
March 2021
damaeid mites
morphology
Neotropical Region
systematics