TAXONOMIC CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE OF THE ORIBATID MITE GENUS CAUCASEREMAEUS (ACARI: ORIBATIDA: EREMAEIDAE)

About authors:

Vladimir M. Salavatulin,

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia; State Agrarian University of the Northern Trans-Urals, Tyumen, Russia

Vladimir A. Khaustov,

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia
e-mail: alex1973khaustov@gmail.com

Luis S. Subías,

Complutense University, Madrid, Spain

Umukusum Ya. Shtanchaeva,

Complutense University, Madrid, Spain 

Nikita A. Shulaev,

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

Sergey G. Ermilov, e-mail

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

Acknowledgments:

This research was partially supported by the grant № 20-54-56054 Iran_t from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

Annotation:

We present a revised generic diagnosis of Caucaseremaeus (Oribatida: Eremaeidae). The redescription of Caucaseremaeus krivolutskyi Shtanchaeva and Subías, 2006 is presented, based on the paratype (Armenia) and on the specimens collected from the Republic of Abkhazia. In addition, remarks on the family placement of Caucaseremaeus are provided.

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