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A new oribatid mite species, Sphaerozetes bugiamapensis sp. n., is described from the Bu Gia Map National Park (Vietnam). The genus Sphaerozetes is recorded from Vietnam for the first time.
Sergey G. Ermilov +4 more
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Morphological ontogeny of Melanozetes meridianus (Acari, Oribatida, Ceratozetidae)
The morphological ontogeny of Melanozetes meridianus Sellnick, 1928 is redescribed and illustrated. The juveniles of this species are light brown with brown prodorsum, gastronotum, sclerites and legs, and the nymphs have a well-developed lamella. In all juveniles, a humeral organ and humeral macrosclerite are present, seta c1 is inserted on humeral ...
Stanisław Seniczak +2 more
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Morphological ontogeny and ecology of Ceratozetes parvulus (Acari: Oribatida Ceratozetidae)
The morphological ontogeny of Ceratozetes parvulus Sellnick, 1922 is described and illustrated. Some aspects of its ecology are also investigated. The juveniles of this species have short prodorsal and gastronotal setae, tubercles and transverse folds on the gastronotum and setiform bothridial seta. Most leg setae are short, thick and strongly reduced (
Anna Seniczak, Stanisław Seniczak
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A New Species of Edwardzetes (Acari, Oribatida, Ceratozetidae) from Biscay (The Basque Country, Northern Spain) [PDF]
Abstract A new oribatid mite belonging to the family Ceratozetidae is described from the province of Biscay in the Basque Country, Northern Spain, being the second species for this genus in Palearctic Region. Edwardzetes ubali is proposed for this new species and main differences among the remaining Edwardzetes are presented in this paper.
Juan Carlos Iturrondobeitia Bilbao +1 more
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Two new species of the genus Ghilarovizetes (Acari: Oribatida: Ceratozetidae) from China
Two new species of oribatid mites, Ghilarovizetes labaheensis sp. nov. and Ghilarovizetes sichuanensis sp. nov. are described from China based on adult morphology. Ghilarovizetes labaheensis sp. nov. is characterized by rounded rostrum, lamella short and wide, tutorium narrow and concave medially, notogastral setae short-size as long as bothridial ...
Yuan-Jie Liao, Guoru Ren, Maofa Yang
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Some New Taxa of the Family Ceratozetidae (Oribatida) from the Tateyama Mountains, Central Japan.
A new genus, two new species and one new subspecies of the family Ceratozetidae were described from the Tateyama Mountains, Central Japan. They are Cyrtozetes denaliensis minor subsp. nov., Ghilarovizetes maruyamai sp. nov., and Gephyrazetes fasciatus gen. nov. et sp. nov.
Yoshiko Hirauchi
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A new species of oribatid mites from the Galapagos Islands, Ceratozetes yupanqui n. sp. is described and illustrated. It is morphologically most similar to two South American species, Ceratozetes platyrhinus and C. platyrhinoides, in having a broadened rostrum without incisions, but the new species exhibits consistent morphological differences in ...
Heinrich Schatz
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Results from collections of oribatid mites in the cushion plant belt of Sass Pordoi and Piz Boè in the Italian Dolomites (Prov. Trento) are presented. A total of 10 oribatid species belonging to seven families were found. Most have a wide general distribution, Anachipteria shtanchaevae is restricted to the Alps.
Heinrich Schatz
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The morphological ontogeny of Melanozetes avachai n. sp. from Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia) is described and illustrated. The juveniles of this species have a humeral organ and a humeral macrosclerite, which occur in most Sphaerozetinae (Ceratozetidae), but in the larva seta c1 inserts on microsclerite, rather than on the humeral macrosclerite, which is
Stanisław Seniczak +2 more
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In the literature there is much confusion about the identity and taxonomic position of two common oribatid mite species in the family Ceratozetidae: Oribates setosus C.L. Koch, 1839, and Murcia trimaculata C.L. Koch, 1835. Related to these problems, there are contrary opinions about the validity of two ceratozetid genera, Murcia Koch, 1835 and ...
Gerd Weigmann, Roy A. Norton
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