New Scheloribates (Acari, Oribatida, Scheloribatidae) from Ethiopia
SERGEY G. ERMILOV,
LEONID B. RYBALOV,
EVGENIYA A. KUZMICHEVA
Abstract:Four new species of the genus Scheloribates (Oribatida, Scheloribatidae)—S. (Scheloribates) flexibilis Ermilov sp. nov., S. (S.) monosetosus Ermilov sp. nov., S. (S.) triangulus Ermilov sp. nov., S. (Topobates) tredecim Ermilov sp. nov.—are described, based on adults collected from litter in the afroalpine and bamboo locations in Ethiopia. Scheloribates (S.) flexibilis differs from the related species S. (S.) longisetosus by the length of aggenital, anal and adanal setae and the morphology of setal bothridial … Show more
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