SCHELORIBATES (SCHELORIBATES) PARAMUSCICOLA SP. N. (ACARI, ORIBATIDA, SCHELORIBATIDAE) FROM VENEZUELA

Journal:

2024. 32 (2)

Publicatione: 
SCHELORIBATES(SCHELORIBATES) PARAMUSCICOLA SP. N. (ACARI, ORIBATIDA, SCHELORIBATIDAE) FROM VENEZUELA



About author:

Sergey G. Ermilov, e-mail

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


Acknowledgments:

I thank Dr. W. Knee for facilitating the loan of Venezuelan acari material from the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Arachnids and Nematodes), Ottawa, Canada

Annotation:

One new species of the genus Scheloribates (Oribatida, Scheloribatidae)—S. (Scheloribates) paramuscicola sp. n.—is described from leaf litter in the Aragua State, Northern Venezuela.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2024-32-2-91-95

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