Persian Journal of Acarology

A new species of Ramuselloppia (Acari: Oribatida: Oppiidae) from Vietnam

Authors

Sergey G. Ermilov 1
Alexander E. Anichkin 2

1 Nizhniy Novgorod Referral Сenter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia;

2 Joint Russian-Vietnamese Research and Technological Center, Southern Branch, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia;

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v2i1.9946
Abstract
A new oribatid mite species, Ramuselloppia vietnamica sp. nov. (Oppiidae), is described from soil of Southern Vietnam. The genus is recorded for the first time from Vietnam and the Oriental region. The morphology of the gnathosoma and legs of Ramuselloppia is presented in detail for the first time. An annotated checklist of oribatid mite taxa from a dipterocarp forest of Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve is presented. It includes 40 species, 29 genera and 19 families.

Keywords

oribatid mites
new species
Ramuselloppia
Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve
Vietnam
Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 2, Issue 1
January 2013
Pages 25-33

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