New faunistic and taxonomic data on oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Guadeloupe

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Abstract

A list of 22 oribatid mite (Oribatida) species belonging to 20 genera and 11 families, all recorded from Guadeloupe, Caribbean, Neotropical Region, is presented. One new species of Dynatozetes (Mochlozetidae) – D. mishevi Ermilov et Georgiev sp. n. – is described, based on adult and tritonymphal instars collected from the detritus and dry leaves of Mangifera indica and Musa sp. The adult is characterized by the presence of a rounded rostrum, a very long interlamellar seta, and a simple lamellar cusp (a lamellar tooth absent). Our description of the tritonymphal instar is the first concerning the juveniles of Dynatozetes. The tritonymph is characterized by the presence of long and subflagellate gastronotic setae c1, c3, da, la, dm, lm, dp, lp, h1–h3, p1, p2, a short and acicular gastronotic seta c2, a vestigial gastronotic seta p3, and a narrowly lanceolate bothridial seta. Identification keys to the known larvae and tritonymphs of Mochlozetidae are provided.

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S. G Ermilov

University of Tyumen, X-BIO Institute

Email: ermilovacari@yandex.ru
Tyumen, Russia

D. Georgiev

Trakia University—Stara Zagora; Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski"

Email: diliangeorgev@gmail.com
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria; Plovdiv, Bulgaria

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