Journal:
2024. 32 (2)Author:
Sergey G. ErmilovAcknowledgments:
I thank Dr. W. Knee for facilitating the loan of Venezuelan acari material from the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Arachnids and Nematodes), Ottawa, CanadaAnnotation:
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.
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