Umashtanchaeviella plethotricha, a new genus and species of the family Tetracondylidae (Acari, Oribatida)

By

Ermilov, Sergey
Anichkin, Alex
Tolstikov, Andrey

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

408

Pages

51-59

Subjects

new genus , new species , Oribatida , Tetracondylidae , Vietnam

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.408.7605

 

Abstract

A new genus of oribatid mites of the family Tetracondylidae, Umashtanchaeviella gen. n., with type species Umashtanchaeviella plethotricha sp. n., is proposed and described from forest litter, the Bu Gia Map National Park, southern Vietnam. The new genus is distinguishable from other otocepheoid genera by the presence of notogastral plethotrichy.