| abstract | One new species in the genus Eremobelba Berlese, 1908, extracted from soil, is described from Liaoning Province, China: Eremobelba eharai sp. nov. The new species is similar to E. japonica Aoki, 1959 but differs from the latter by the following. This new species is yellow and covered by shallow ornamentation, while E. japonica is brown and covered by strong ornamentation. The new species epimeral chaetotaxy is 2-1-3-3, epimeral setae are simple or bear long branches, while in E. japonica the epimeral chaetotaxy is 2-1-3-2 and all epimeral setae bearing long branches. The new species length of prodorsal setae is in < ro < le, while in E. japonica the length of the prodorsal setae is le < ro < in. In this new species, ventral setae show different types, simple or bearing 2–4 long branches at the basis, while in E. japonica the ventral setae are all simple. |