| abstract | This paper is the second part of a series devoted to the study of the oribatid fauna of the Azores Islands. Mr. D. Teixeira Pombo (Vila do Porto, Santa Maria Island) kindly sent the specimens to the author. A total amount of 716 specimens belonging to 46 species and subspecies have been studied. Seven species and three subspecies ar new to science namely: Steganacarus hirsutus azorensis n.subsp., Hermannia woasi n.sp., Hermannia evidens n.sp., Pilocepheus azoricus n.sp., Melanozetes azoricus sanctaemariae n.subsp., Melanozetes azoricus floresianus n.subsp., Humerobates pomboi n.sp., Galumna azoreana n.sp., Pseudachipteria insularis n.sp. and Pseudachipteria floresiana n.sp. A new genus in the family Cepheidae: Pilocepheus n.g., has been created. |