Two new species of oribatid mites of the genus Truncozetes (Acari, Oribatida, Epactozetidae) from Ecuador | Zendy

Sergey G. Ermilov | Zendy; Dorothee Sandmann | Zendy; Franca Marian | Zendy; Mark Maraun | Zendy

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Two new species of oribatid mites of the genus Truncozetes (Acari, Oribatida, Epactozetidae) from Ecuador

Author(s) -

Sergey G. Ermilov,

Dorothee Sandmann,

Franca Marian,

Mark Maraun

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

zookeys

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1313-2989

pISSN - 1313-2970

DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.303.5309

Subject(s) - oribatida , acari , mite , identification key , biology , genus , zoology , ecology , key (lock) , taxonomy (biology)

Two new oribatid mite species of the genus Truncozetes (Oribatida, Epactozetidae), Truncozetes ecuadoriensis sp. n. and Truncozetes monodactylus sp. n., are described from the Ecuadorian soils. The morphology of the gnathosoma and the legs is presented in detail for the first time for the species of Truncozetes. An identification key to all known species of the family Epactozetidae is given.

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