Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus  Aleurodamaeus  (Acari, Oribatida, Aleurodamaeidae), with description of a new species from Ethiopia

S. G. Ermilov; Ермилов С. Г.; E. A. Hugo-Coetzee; Хьюго-Коти Э. A.; L. B. Rybalov; Рыбалов Л. Б.

doi:10.31857/S0044513423020058

Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Aleurodamaeus (Acari, Oribatida, Aleurodamaeidae), with description of a new species from Ethiopia

Authors: Ermilov S.G.¹, Hugo-Coetzee E.A.²^,3, Rybalov L.B.⁴
Affiliations:
1. Tyumen State University
2. National Museum, Bloemfontein, 9301 South Africa
3. University of the Free State
4. Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Issue: Vol 102, No 2 (2023)
Pages: 153-162
Section: Articles
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0044-5134/article/view/136754
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0044513423020058
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/HQSYXO
ID: 136754

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Abstract

A new species of the genus Aleurodamaeus (Oribatida, Aleurodamaeidae) is described from heather forest litter in central Ethiopia. Aleurodamaeus aethiopicus sp. n. differs from all related species of the genus by the presence of a thick cerotegument with specific ornamentations (densely cellular with a median longitudinal interruption) on the notogaster. An identification key to all known species of Aleurodamaeus is provided.

Keywords

aleurodamaeid mites, taxonomy, morphology, identification key, Afrotropical Region

About the authors

S. G. Ermilov

Tyumen State University

Email: ermilovacari@yandex.ru
Russia, 625003, Tyumen

E. A. Hugo-Coetzee

National Museum, Bloemfontein, 9301 South Africa; University of the Free State

Email: lhugo@nasmus.co.za
South Africa, 9301, Bloemfontein

L. B. Rybalov

Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: lrybalov52@mail.ru
Russia, 119071, Moscow

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