Open AccessNew records of oribatid mites from Michoacán state, Mexico
Author(s) -
Harol Revelo-Tobar,
Edith G. Estrada-Venegas,
Armando Equihua-Martínez,
Jorge Váldez-Carrasco
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
entomological communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2675-1305
DOI - 10.37486/2675-1305.ec03049
Subject(s) - hammer , botany , biology , zoology , horticulture , engineering , structural engineering
Eleven species of oribatid mites are reported from Michoacán state, Mexico for the first time: Ceratozetidae: unidentified species of Adoribatella Woolley, 1967; Damaeidae: Belbodamaeus (Lanibelba) palaciosi (Iglesias & Guzmán, 2012); Eremobelbidae: Eremobelba piffli Mahunka, 1985; Microzetidae: Acaroceras (Acaroceras) similis Balogh, 1962; Nothridae: Nothrus anauniensis Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877; Oppiidae: unidentified species of Cheloppia Hammer, 1971; Oppiella (Oppiella) nova (Oudemans, 1902); Pseudoamerioppia barrancensis (Hammer, 1961); Ramusella (Insculptoppia) merimna (Balogh & Mahunka, 1977); Wallworkoppia cervifer (Mahunka, 1983); and Scheloribatidae: Scheloribates (Scheloribates) elegans Hammer, 1958. The genera Cheloppia and Adoribatella are reported for the first time from Mexico.