New faunistic and taxonomic data on oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Guatemala

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Abstract

The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected from four locations in Guatemala. A list of 48 species belonging to 38 genera and 28 families is presented. Of these, 39 species, 26 genera and 13 families are recorded from Guatemala for the first time; and two species, one genus and one family are recorded from the Neotropical region for the first time. In addition, three new species are described: Hermanniella oblonga Ermilov sp. n. (Hermanniellidae), Protoribates silvaticus Ermilov sp. n. (Haplozetidae) and Pergalumna guatemalaensis Ermilov sp. n. (Galumnidae).

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S. G. Ermilov

University of Tyumen, X-BIO Institute

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Email: ermilovacari@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Tyumen

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2. Fig. 1. Hermanniella oblonga Ermilov sp. n., adult (gnathosoma and legs not shown): a – dorsal view, b – ventral view, c – right lateral view, d – posterior view (part of left half not shown). Scale bar 100 µm.

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3. Fig. 2. Hermanniella oblonga Ermilov sp. n., adult: a – anterior part of prodorsum, anterodorsal view; b – subcapitulum, ventral view; c – palp, right, antiaxial view; d – chelicera, left, paraxial view; e – leg I (trochanter not shown), right, antiaxial view; f – leg II (trochanter and tarsus not shown), right, antiaxial view; g – leg III (tarsus not shown), left, antiaxial view; h – leg IV, left, antiaxial view. Scale bars, μm: a, b, d–h –5; c – 20.

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4. Fig. 3. Protoribates silvaticus Ermilov sp. n., adult (gnathosoma and legs not shown): a – dorsal view, b – ventral view, c – right lateral view, d – posterior view (part of left half not shown). Scale bar 100 µm.

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5. Fig. 4. Protoribates silvaticus Ermilov sp. n., adult: a – anterior part of prodorsum, anterodorsal view; b – subcapitulum, ventral view; c – palp, left, paraxial view; d – chelicera, left, paraxial view; e – leg I, right, antiaxial view; f – leg II (tarsus not shown), right, antiaxial view; g – leg III (tarsus not shown), left, antiaxial view; h – leg IV, left, antiaxial view. Scale bars, μm: a, b, d–h –5; c – 20.

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6. Fig. 5. Pergalumna guatemalaensis Ermilov sp. n., adult (gnathosoma and legs not shown): a – dorsal view, b – ventral view (right pteromorph not shown), c – right lateral view (right pteromorph not shown), d – posterior view (part of left half not shown). Scale bar 100 µm.

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7. Fig. 6. Pergalumna guatemalaensis Ermilov sp. n., adult: a – anterior part of prodorsum, anterodorsal view; b – subcapitulum, ventral view; c – palp, right, antiaxial view; d – chelicera, left, paraxial view; e – leg I (trochanter not shown), right, antiaxial view; f – leg II (tarsus not shown), left, paraxial view; g – leg III (tarsus not shown), right, paraxial view; h – leg IV, right, antiaxial view. Scale bars, μm: a, b, d–h –5; c – 20.

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