The family Carabodidae (Acari, Oribatida) VIII. The genus Machadocepheus (first part) Machadocepheus leoneae sp. n. and Machadocepheus rachii sp. n. from Gabon

By

Fernandez, Nestor
Theron, Pieter D.
Rollard, Christine
Leiva, Sergio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

456

Pages

1-28

Subjects

Carabodidae , Gabon , Machadocepheus leoneae sp. n , Machadocepheus rachii sp. n

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.456.8570

 

Abstract

The genus Machadocepheus, being one of the more complex genera of the Carabodidae family, is briefly outlined to demonstrate this complexity. Descriptions of two new species from Gabon, M. leoneae sp. n. and M. rachii sp. n. are given.