Oribatid mites(Acari, Oribatida) from the vicinityof El Limón waterfall, Dominican Republic

G. Ermilov, Sergey; M. Salavatulin, Vladimir

doi:10.22073/pja.v14i1.86332

Oribatid mites(Acari, Oribatida) from the vicinityof El Limón waterfall, Dominican Republic

Authors

Sergey G. Ermilov ¹

Vladimir M. Salavatulin ²

¹ Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

² Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Centre, Southern Branch, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

10.22073/pja.v14i1.86332

Abstract

Forty-three species of oribatid mites (Oribatida), belonging to 31 genera and 18 families, were collected from leaf litter in a mixed forest from the vicinity of El Limón waterfall, Samaná Province, northern Dominican Republic; of these, 15 species, 13 genera and five families are recorded in this country for the first time. A new species of the genus Suctobelbella—S. (Flagrosuctobelba) limonensis sp. nov.—is described.

Keywords

Fauna

morphology

Neotropical region

new record

Suctobelbella

taxonomy