Oribatid mites of the genus Eremaeozetes (Acari, Oribatida, Eremaeozetidae) from trees in Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam

ABSTRACT

One new species of Eremaeozetes (Oribatida, Eremaeozetidae) – E. tatyanae sp. nov. – was collected from bark of Dipterocarpus alatus in Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, and described based on adults. Nymphal instars or Eremaeozetes sp. is described and compared to those of the known species in the genus.

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3529DFE9-B454-4E54-9D42-F9862D774A1D

KEYWORDS:

• Oribatid mites
• taxonomy
• morphology
• ontogeny
• juvenile instar
• oriental region

Acknowledgments

We cordially thank Dr. Alexey A. Kudrin (Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia) for sampling assistance; Alexey A. Gubin (Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia) for SEM micrographs; two anonymous reviewers for valuable comments; and the staff of the Cat Tien National Park for their support during the field work. The work was performed within the framework of the Joint Russian-Vietnamese Biological Expedition, financially supported by the Russian Academy of Sciences. Collecting of materials was conducted under an Agreement № 505/HĐ on the scientific cooperation between Cat Tien National Park and the Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

The study was partially supported by the cooperative agreement No. FEWZ-2021-0004 from the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education.