New species of Peloribates (Acari, Oribatida, Haplozetidae) from Vietnam

Publication Name: International Journal of Acarology

Publication Date: 2025-01-01

Volume: 51

Issue: 5

Page Range: 394-402

Description:

Two new species of the genus Peloribates (Oribatida, Haplozetidae) are described, based on adults collected from litter and wet moss near a waterfall in central Vietnam. Peloribates (Peloribates) parahungaricussp. nov. differs from the related species P. (P.) hungaricus in the body size, the body ornamentation, the morphology of the rostrum, and the location of the adanal seta ad2. Peloribates (Aokibates) konchuensissp. nov. differs from the type species P. (A.) yoshii by the length and morphology of the notogastral setae, the absence of transverse ridges in the interlamellar region, the ornamentation of the genital plate, and the number of the marginal porose areas.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2025.2532506

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