A new species of oribatid mites of the family Cepheidae is described based on adults from rainforest in Chile. Sadocepheus nortonroyisp. nov. differs from Sadocepheus foveolatus by the larger body size, the presence of transverse notogastral ridge and divergent lamellar cusps, and the location of notogastral setae on the notogastral surface. Explanations on placement of some species in Sadocepheus are presented. An identification key to known species of Sadocepheus is given.
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25 May 2020
Sadocepheus nortonroyi sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Cepheidae) from Chile, with identification key to known species of the genus
Sergey G. Ermilov
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 25 • No. 5
May 2020
Vol. 25 • No. 5
May 2020
morphology
Neotropical Region
oribatid mites
species
systematics