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15 December 2021 Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Cultrobates (Acari, Oribatida, Ceratokalummidae), with description of a new species from Peru
Sergey G. Ermilov, Luis S. Subías, Umukusum Ya. Shtanchaeva, Stefan Friedrich
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Abstract

Description of a new species of oribatid mite (Oribatida) of the genus Cultrobates (Ceratokalummidae)—C. lehmanni sp. nov.—is presented, based on materials collected from upper soil and leaf litter in the primary evergreen lowland rainforest of Amazonian Peru. Summarized generic traits, distribution and habitats of all known species of Cultrobates are presented. An identification key to known Ceratokalummidae species is provided.

Sergey G. Ermilov, Luis S. Subías, Umukusum Ya. Shtanchaeva, and Stefan Friedrich "Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Cultrobates (Acari, Oribatida, Ceratokalummidae), with description of a new species from Peru," Systematic and Applied Acarology 26(12), 2408-2416, (15 December 2021). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.26.12.15
Received: 18 September 2021; Accepted: 15 October 2021; Published: 15 December 2021
KEYWORDS
biotopic preference
ceratokalummid mites
diagnosis
distribution
identification key
morphology
Neotropical Region
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