A NEW SPECIES OF ORIBATID MITES OF THE GENUS MALACONOTHRUS (ACARI, ORIBATIDA, MALACONOTHRIDAE) FROM VIETNAM

About authors:

Sergey G. Ermilov, e-mail

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

Anichkin A. E., Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia; Joint Russian-Vietnamese Research and Technological Center, Southern Branch, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Andrei V. Tolstikov,

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia; e-mail: a.v.tolstikov@utmn.ru

Annotation:

A new species of oribatid mites of the genus Malaconothrus, M. adilatatus sp. n., is described from Vietnam. It differs from M. heterotrichus by the body size, morphology of interlamellar and exobothridial setae ex1 and some epimeral and leg setae. An identification key to species of the genus Malaconothrus known from Vietnam is given.

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