An annotated checklist of oribatid mite taxa from three sites of India is presented. It includes 71 species/ subspecies, 55 genera and 35 families. Twenty nine species/subspecies are recorded for the first time in India; five species/subspecies—Trhypochthonius tectorum stercus, Hermanniella aliverdievae, Sphodrocepheus tridactylus, Caenosamerus spatiosus, Dolicheremaeu distinctus—are recorded for the first time in the Oriental region. Niphocepheus neotrichus sp. nov. (Niphocepheidae) is described; it differs from other known species of Niphocepheus by the presence of epimeral neotrichy and three pairs of anal setae.
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24 March 2014
Additions to the Indian oribatid mite fauna, with description of a new species of the genus Niphocepheus (Acari, Oribatida)
Sergey G. Ermilov,
Stanislav Kalúz,
Jochen Martens
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 19 • No. 1
March 2014
Vol. 19 • No. 1
March 2014
checklist
fauna
India
new record
new species
Niphocepheus
oribatid mites