REDESCRIPTION OF PUNCTORIBATES TSCHERNOVI SHTANCHAEVA AND SUBÍAS, 2014 (ACARI: ORIBATIDA: PUNCTORIBATIDAE)

About authors:

Sergey G. Ermilov, e-mail

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

Olga L. Makarova,

Severtsov Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Acknowledgments:

The authors are grateful to the Director, G. Dzhamirzoev, and the rangers of the Dagestan State Nature Reserve for their all-round help with the fieldwork; to U. Ya. Shtanchaeva and L. S. Subías for their valuable consultations; and to N. Yu. Stepanova and D. F. Lyskov for the plant species identification. This research was partially supported by the grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (№ 20-54-56054 Iran_t).

Annotation:

The redescription of Punctoribates tschernovi Shtanchaeva and Subías, 2014 (Oribatida: Punctoribatidae) is presented based on the material collected from the coastal grove of Elaeagnus caspica in the Samursky National Park, Dagestan, Russia. The main morphological traits of this species are specified and summarized.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2022-30-2-115-120

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