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10 December 2010 A new species of Dolicheremaeus (Acari: Oribatida: Tetracondylidae) from Ethiopia
Sergey G. Ermilov, Ekaterina A. Sidorchuk, Leonid B. Rybalov
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Abstract

The oribatid mite genus Dolicheremaeus comprises more than 160 species. We describe a new species, Dolicheremaeus aethiopicus sp. nov., collected in soil from Bale Mountains National Park (African region, Ethiopia). This new species differs from other species by a combination of the length of prodorsal setae; morphology of rostral setae and sensilli; morphology and number of notogastral condyles and the morphology of the notogastral setae; number of epimeral setae; and the morphology of leg setae u.

© 2010 Systematic & Applied Acarology Society
Sergey G. Ermilov, Ekaterina A. Sidorchuk, and Leonid B. Rybalov "A new species of Dolicheremaeus (Acari: Oribatida: Tetracondylidae) from Ethiopia," Systematic and Applied Acarology 15(3), 235-243, (10 December 2010). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.15.3.8
Accepted: 21 September 2010; Published: 10 December 2010
KEYWORDS
Dolicheremaeus aethiopicus sp. nov.
Ethiopia
new species
oribatid mite
Tetracondylidae
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