The family Lohmanniidae (Acari, Oribatida) II: two new Oribatid mites, Meristacarus perikopesis sp. n. from Costa Rica and Torpacarus eidikoterai sp. n. from Kenya
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Fernandez, Nestor
Theron, Pieter
Jordaan, Anine
Leiva, Sergio
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Two very particular new species of the family Lohmanniidae were studied and described using optical and
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Meristacarus perikopesis sp. n. displays complex cuticular microsculpture
with cross-shaped grooves and pusticulate porose areas; ten transversal bands, with reticulatefoveate
microsculpture; S4, S5, S7, S10 not crossing medial notogastral plane, amongst other characters.
Torpacarus eidikoterai sp. n. with: prodorsum - rostrum weakly bilobate with small central structure and
CSO present. Six transversal depressions present, transversal bands absent; but six transversal depressions
present, none of the depressions crossing medial notogastral plane
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Fernandez, N. et al. 2018.The family Lohmanniidae (Acari, Oribatida) II: two new Oribatid mites, Meristacarus perikopesis sp. n. from Costa Rica and Torpacarus eidikoterai sp. n. from Kenya. Zookeys, 743:43-66. [https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22815]