Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

AnewspeciesofAmboroppia(Acari,Oribatida,Oppiidae)fromthePeruvianAndes,withremarksongenericdiagnosis

Authors
1 Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia
2 Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
3 SNSB-Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Munich, Germany
10.22073/pja.v11i3.75410
Abstract
A new species of the neotropical genus Amboroppia (Oribatida, Oppiidae), A. andensis sp. nov. is described, based on adults collected from upper soil and leaf litter in primary mountain forest in the Andes, Central Peru. Additions to the generic diagnosis of Amboroppia are presented.
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