Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari: Oribatida) V (third part). Redefinition of Congocepheus, definition of Cavaecarabodes gen. nov., and descriptions of three new species, Congocepheus germani sp. nov., Cavaecarabodes pulchritude gen. nov., sp. nov., and Cavaecarabodes anouchkae gen. nov., sp. nov.
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2014Author
Fernandez, Nestor
Theron, Pieter
Rollard, Christine
Castillo, Elio Rodrigo
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Redefinition of Congocepheus Balogh, 1958 and description of Congocepheus germani sp. nov., that displays notogastral neotrichy, which was previously unknown in the genus. Definition of Cavaecarabodes gen. nov. together with the descriptions of Cavaecarabodes pulchritude sp. nov. (type) from Gabon and Cavaecarabodes anouchkae sp. nov. from Madagascar has been provided.