Open AccessOribatid Mites of the Superfamilies Gymnodamaeoidea andPlateremaeoidea (Acari: Oribatida) from Steppe of Russia
Author(s) -
Badamdorj Bayartogtokh,
Ilya Smelyansky
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
mongolian journal of biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2225-4994
pISSN - 1684-3908
DOI - 10.22353/mjbs.2004.02.01
Subject(s) - oribatida , acari , steppe , biology , ecology , zoology , acariformes , geography
Oribatid mites belonging to the superfamilies Gymnodamaeoidea and Plateremaeoidea collected fromsteppe soils of Russia are studied. Two new species, Pedrocortesella minuta sp. nov. and Pleodamaeustuberculatus sp. nov. are described. In addition, three known species, Licnodamaeus pulcherrimus (Paoli,1908) and Plesiodamaeus glaber Mihelèiè, 1957 are redescribed, with notes on their distributions.