A NEW SPECIES OF ORIBATID MITES OF THE GENUS PERSCHELORIBATES (ACARI, ORIBATIDA, SCHELORIBATIDAE) FROM СUBA

About authors:

Sergey G. Ermilov, e-mail

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

Andrei V. Tolstikov,

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

Annotation:

A new species of the genus Perscheloribates—P. (Perscheloribates) curiosus Ermilov sp. n.—is described and illustrated on the basis of adult specimens collected from leaf litter in forests of Сuba. The new species is morphologically most similar to P. (Perscheloribates) luzonensis Corpuz-Raros, 1980; however, it differs from the latter by the presence of bothridial setae pointed distally (vs. rounded), custodia (vs. absent) and well visible notogastral setae (vs. posterior setae hardly visible, other setae represented by alveoli).

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