| abstract | Five new species of oribatid mites are described as new to science: Phyllhermannia pinicola Corpuz-Raros & Gruèzo (Hermanniidae), Ceratoppia filipina Corpuz-Raros & Garcia (Peloppiidae), Basiceremaeus igorotus Corpuz-Raros & Gruèzo (Otocepheidae) and Nesopelops philippinensis Corpuz-Raros & Garcia (Phenopelopidae), all from La Trinidad, Benguet, Luzon Is. and Dolicheremaeus pahabaeus Corpuz-Raros & Gruèzo (Otocepheidae) from Mindanao Is. Five species are also recorded for the first time in the Philippines: the cunaxid (Actinedida) Dactyloscirus machairodus (Oudemans) and the oribatids, Heminothrus minor Aoki (Camisiidae), Nippohermannia parallela (Aoki) (Nanhermanniidae), Acrotocepheus bajau (Mahunka) (Otocepheidae) and Nasozetes choreognathus Willmann (Hemileidae). |