Faunistic additions on oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Malaysia, with description of two new species of the superfamily Oripodoidea

ABSTRACT

The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected from Malaysia. A list of 23 species, belonging to 19 genera and 14 families, is presented; of these, two genera and five species are reported for the first time from Malaysia. Two new species of Oripodoidea – Muliercula malaysiaensis sp. nov. (Scheloribatidae) and Neoribates (Neoribates) pahangensis sp. nov. (Parakalummidae) – are described from forest leaf litter.

http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C380C570-0675-4B66-A716-97F6A282A3DB

KEYWORDS:

• Fauna
• new record
• taxonomy
• Muliercula
• Neoribates
• morphology
• Malay Peninsula

Acknowledgments

We thank two anonymous reviewers for valuable comments.

Disclosure statement

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