Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

Additions to the oribatid mite (Acari, Oribatida) fauna of Guatemala, with description of a new species of Pergalumna

Author
Tyumen State University, Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen, Russia
10.22073/pja.v13i3.85509
Abstract
The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected from five locations in Eastern Guatemala. A list of 98 species, belonging to 68 genera and 43 families, is presented; 70 species are recorded for the first time in Guatemalan fauna. A new species of genus PergalumnaP. paraobsidiana sp. nov. is described from rainforest litter.
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