Acarological Society of Iran Persian Journal of Acarology 2251-8169 12 3 2025 12 01 Taxonomic contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Orbiculobates (Acari, Oribatida, Plasmobatidae) 393 402 238314 10.22073/pja.v12i3.81914 EN Sergey G. Ermilov Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia 0000-0002-0913-131X Journal Article The genus <em>Orbiculobates</em> (Oribatida, Plasmobatidae) is recorded in Mexico for the first time. A new species — <em>O. bicornutus </em><strong>sp. nov. </strong>— is described, based on adults collected from leaf litter in secondary semi-evergreen tropical forest. An identification key to the known species of <em>Orbiculobates</em> is presented. key Mexico morphology plasmobatid mites Taxonomy https://www.persianacarology.org/article_238314_38855beb8e9a49fbeae40f1a37a8d256.pdf