Two new species and new records of Otocepheidae (Acari, Oribatida) from Yunnan, Southwest China.

ABSTRACT: This work includes taxonomic data on four species of oribatid mites of the family Otocepheidae from Yunnan, China. Two new species of the genera Basiceramerus and Eurostocepheus are described, respectively. Basiceramerusovatus sp. nov. differs from B.bangladeshensis Corpuz-Raros & Gruèzo, 2008 by the wavy marginalis passing the base of the adanal setae, prodorsal condyles well separated from median ones, a ventral ridge present, and the anal plate foveolate; it differs from B.igorotus Corpuz-Raros & Gruèzo, 2011 from Vietnam by the wavy marginalis passing the base of the adanal setae, a connected tutorium and lamelliform expansion, a ventral ridge present, a smooth genital plate, and seta an ₂ located close to the median margin of

SUBMITTER: Zheng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8651624 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature