| abstract | A new oribatid species of the family Tokunocepheidae was collected from Chiran-cho in Kagoshima Prefecture, South Japan. The new species has surface of prodorsum, notogaster and ventral plate colliculate and sparsely lineolate, large pedotectum I longer than width of body width, long prodorsal, ventral setae, and all femora and trochantera III, IV bearing leg-fin. |