Supplementary description of Ctenobelba (Caucasiobelba) urhani Baran, 2015 (Acari: Oribatida: Ctenobelbidae)

About authors:

Sergey G. Ermilov, e-mail

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

Tea Arabuli,

Ilia State University, Institute of Zoology, Tbilisi, Georgia

Acknowledgments:

We cordially thank L. S. Subías and U. Ya. Shtanchaeva who kindly presented specimens of Ctenobelba (Caucasiobelba) reticulata for our study.
This research was supported by the grant from the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (№ FR-19-4340) and by the grant № 20- 54-56054 Iran_t from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

Annotation:

Supplementary description of Ctenobelba (Caucasiobelba) urhani Baran, 2015 is presented, based on adults collected from Georgia. The morphological similarity between Ct. (Ca.) urhani Baran, 2015 and Ct. (Ca.) reticulata Subías and Shtanchaeva, 2010 is discussed.
DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2023-31-2-161-166

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