First record of the genus Phauloppia (Acari, Oribatida, Oribatulidae) in Ethiopia, with description of a new arboreal species

Ermilov, Sergey G.; Salavatulin, Vladimir M.; Rybalov, Leonid B.

doi:10.22073/pja.150310

First record of the genus Phauloppia (Acari, Oribatida, Oribatulidae) in Ethiopia, with description of a new arboreal species

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Sergey G. Ermilov ¹

Vladimir M. Salavatulin ²

Leonid B. Rybalov ²

¹ University of Tyumen, X-BIO Institute, Tyumen, Russia

² Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Soil Zoology and General Entomology, Moscow, Russia

10.22073/pja.150310

Abstract

The genus Phauloppia (Oribatida, Oribatulidae) is recorded for the first time from Ethiopia. A new species, P. hageniaica sp. nov., is described based on females collected from bark and moss of Hagenia abyssinica in southeastern Ethiopia. The new species is characterized by the absence of the lamella.

Keywords

Afrotropical region

morphology

oribatid mites

taxonomy

tree dweller

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