Open AccessA new species of Scheloribates (Acari, Oribatida, Scheloribatidae) from South Africa
Author(s) -
Sergey G. Ermilov,
Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzee,
Alexander A. Khaustov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ecologica montenegrina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2337-0173
pISSN - 2336-9744
DOI - 10.37828/em.2021.39.10
Subject(s) - oribatida , acari , subgenus , genus , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , biology , geography , systematics , zoology
A new species of the genus Scheloribates is described from soil in South Africa. Scheloribates (Scheloribates) curviprolamellatus sp. nov. differs from all species of the subgenus by the thick, specifically curved (concave) prolamella.