| id | 44285 (last modified: 15.3.2018) |
| title | The family Lohmanniidae (Acari, Oribatida) II: Two new Oribatid mites, Meristacarus perikopesis sp.n. from Costa Rica and Torpacarus eidikoterai sp.n. from Kenya |
| year | 2018 |
| paper | ZooKeys |
| edition | 743 |
| page | 43-66 |
| language | English |
| checked | paper |
| abstract | 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. |
| URL | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/22815/Go to site |
| author | Fernández, Néstor Alfredo |
| coauthor | Theron, Pieter D. |
| coauthor | Leiva, Sergio |
| coauthor | Jordaan, Anine |