New species and new records of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Villa Clara, Cuba

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Abstract

The present study is based on the oribatid mite material collected from the Villa Clara Province, Cuba. A list of 17 species, belonging to 11 genera and nine families, is presented; of them, one genus and three species are reported from Cuba for the first time. Two new species – Muliercula ornamenta Ermilov sp. n. (Scheloribatidae) and Galumna (Galumna) villaclaraensis Ermilov sp. n. (Galumnidae) – are described from soil litter with decaying leaves.

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S. G. Ermilov

Tyumen State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: ermilovacari@yandex.ru

X-BIO Institute

Russian Federation, Tyumen, 625003

A. V. Tolstikov

Tyumen State University

Email: atolus@yahoo.com

X-BIO Institute

Russian Federation, Tyumen, 625003

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2. Fig. 1. Muliercula ornamenta Ermilov sp. n., adult (gnathosoma and legs not shown): a – dorsal view, b – ventral view, c – right lateral view, d – posterior view. Scale bar 200 µm.

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3. Fig. 2. Muliercula ornamenta Ermilov sp. n., adult: a – subcapitulum, ventral view; b – leg I, left, paraxial view; c – leg II (without tarsus), right, antiaxial view; d – leg III (without tarsus), left, antiaxial view; e – leg IV, left, antiaxial view. Scale bars 50 µm.

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

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5. Fig. 4. Galumna (Galumna) villaclaraensis Ermilov sp. n., adult: a – rostrum, anterior view; b – subcapitulum, ventral view; c – leg I (without trochanter), right, antiaxial view; d – leg II (without tarsus and trochanter), right, antiaxial view; e – leg III (without tarsus), left, antiaxial view; f – leg IV, left, antiaxial view. Scale bars 50 µm.

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