A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS PILOBATES (ACARI, ORIBATIDA, HAPLOZETIDAE) FROM MADAGASCAR

About authors:

Sergey G. Ermilov, e-mail

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

Josef Starý, Biology Centre v. v. i., Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Soil Biology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Acknowledgments:

We thank R. Ravebolun and L. Rabotenoson, who collected soil and litter samples in Madagascar; and the Moravian Museum in Brno, Czech Republic, which kindly provided material for our study. We also thank Dr. Lala Harivelo Ravaomanarivo Raveloson (Department of Entomology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Antananarivo), Dr. Mamy A. Rakotoarijaona (Directeur des Opérations, Madagascar National Parks, Antananarivo) and Dr. Dimby Raharinjanahary (Chargé des Bases de données de suivibiodiversité et recherche, Madagascar National Parks, Antananarivo) for supporting the joint Czech-Madagascan research project (2009–2014). Samples were collected in Madagascar by the Moravian Museum in Brno, Czech Republic under the collection permit No. 314/13/MEF/SG/DGF/DCB.SAP/SCB; sample exportation to the Czech Republic was done under permit No. 028N-EA02/MG14.

Annotation:

A new oribatid mite species of the genus Pilobates (Oribatida, Haplozetidae) is described from Madagascar, based on material collected from litter in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, eastern Madagascar. Pilobates longiprocessus sp. n. differs from Pilobates africanus Ermilov and Starý, 2020 in the presence of simple notogastral setae and leg trochanters IV with triangular process distodorsally. An identification key to known species of Pilobates is provided.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2020-28-2-123-128

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