Title of article :
A new species of Amboroppia (Acari, Oribatida, Oppiidae) from the Peruvian Andes, with remarks on generic diagnosis
Author/Authors :
Ermilov, Sergey G. Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO) - Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia , Subías, Luis S. Complutense University, Madrid, Spain , Shtanchaeva, Umukusum Ya. Complutense University, Madrid, Spain , Friedrich, Stefan Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
A new species of the neotropical genus Amboroppia (Oribatida, Oppiidae), A. andensis sp. nov. is described, based on adults collected from upper soil and leaf litter in primary mountain forest in the Andes, Central Peru. Additions to the generic diagnosis of Amboroppia are presented.
Keywords :
Fauna , morphology , Neotropical region , oppiid mites , taxonomy
Journal title :
Persian Journal of Acarology
