NEW FAUNISTIC AND TAXONOMIC DATA ON ORIBATID MITES (ACARI, ORIBATIDA) FROM THE VICINITIES OF SALT LAKES IN RUSSIA

About authors:

Sergey G. Ermilov, e-mail

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

Alexander A. Khaustov, e-mail

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

Acknowledgments:

We thank two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments. This study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within the framework of the Carbon Measurement Test Area in Tyumenskaya Oblast (FEWZ-2024-0016).

Annotation:

The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected from soils in the vicinities of salt lakes Medvezh’ye and Gor’koye, located in the south of Western Siberia, Russia. A list of identified taxa, including 29 species, belonging to 25 genera and 20 families, is provided. A supplementary description of the sexually dimorphic species Galumna dimorpha Krivolutskaya, 1952 is presented. The main morphological traits of this species are specified and summarized.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2024-32-2-97-105

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