REDESCRIPTION OF EREMOBELBA GRACILIOR BERLESE, 1908 (ACARI, ORIBATIDA, EREMOBELBIDAE)

About author:

Sergey G. Ermilov, e-mail

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

Acknowledgments:

I cordially thank Prof. Dr. R. A. Norton (State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, USA) for loaning the material of Eremobelba gracilior Berlese, 1908 from his personal collection. We also thank A. A. Gubin (Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia) for SEM micrographs.

This research was supported by the cooperative agreement No. FEWZ-2021-0004 from the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

Annotation:

The redescription of Eremobelba gracilior Berlese, 1908 (Oribatida, Eremobelbidae) is presented, based on the material colleсted in Washington D. C. and Columbia, Missouri (USA). Main morphological traits of this species are summarized.

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