Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

A new species of Prometabelba (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae) from Ethiopia

Author
University of Tyumen, X-BIO Institute, Tyumen, Russia; E-mail: ermilovacari@yandex.ru
10.22073/pja.v14i4.87456
Abstract
One new species of the genus Prometabelba (Oribatida, Damaeidae)—P. chilaloensis sp. nov.— is described, based on adults collected from litter and green mosses of forest in the Arsi Mountains National Park, central Ethiopia. An identification key to species of Damaeidae from the Afrotropical region is provided.
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