Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

Taxonomic contribution to knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Lunoribatula (Acari, Oribatida, Oribatulidae)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Sergey G. Ermilov 1
Vladimir M. Salavatulin 2
Gezahegn Degefe 3
Leonid B. Rybalov 2
1 University of Tyumen, Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen, Russia
2 Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Soil Zoology and General Entomology, Moscow, Russia
3 College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Department of Biology, Debre Berhan University, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
10.22073/pja.150207
Abstract
The genus Lunoribatula (Oribatida, Oribatulidae) is known from Ethiopia. The generic diagnosis is revised. The redescription of the type species, Lunoribatula polygonata Mahunka, 1982, is presented, based on the specimens collected from branches of Erica trimera and Acacia mearnsii in southeastern and central Ethiopia. Remarks on habitat of L. polygonata are provided.
Keywords
Arboreal habitat
Ethiopia
morphology
oribatulid mites
taxonomy

Subjects

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