Abstract
Two new species of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the superfamily Oppioidea are described on the basis of adult specimens from upper soil and leaf litter in the primary evergreen lowland rainforest of Amazonian Peru. Lasiobelba (Antennoppia) parachistyakovi Ermilov n. sp. (Oppiidae) is similar to L. (Antennoppia) chistyakovi Ermilov and Kalúz, 2012, but differs by the thick bothridial setae with short cilia and longer notogastral setae. Hammerella (Woasella) huanucoensis Ermilov n. sp. (Granuloppiidae) is similar to H. (Woasella) parasufflata Ermilov, Sandmann, Marian and Maraun, 2013, but differs by the thin costulae, shorter notogastral setae, and the absence of one tubercle anterior to each lamellar seta. The taxonomic status of the genus Varioppia Mahunka, 1985 is discussed, resulting in the following taxonomic proposals: Hammerella (Woasella) J. and P. Balogh, 2002 (=Varioppia Mahunka, 1985 n. syn.), Hammerella (Woasella) radiata (Mahunka, 1985) n. comb. An identification key for known species of Hammerella (Woasella) is given. Two oppioid species, Hammerella (Woasella) sufflata (Franklin and Woas, 1992) and Teratoppia (Teratoppiella) brevipectinata Balogh and Mahunka, 1978, are recorded for the first time in Peru.
Highlights
This work is part of our continuing study of the Peruvian oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) collected during the German Expedition to Amazonian Peru in 2013 and includes data on the superfamily Oppioidea.During taxonomic identification, we found nine species; from these, two species are new to science, one belonging to the subgenus Lasiobelba (Antennoppia) Mahunka, 1983 (Oppiidae), and the other to the subgenus Hammerella (Woasella) J. and P
We found nine species; from these, two species are new to science, one belonging to the subgenus Lasiobelba (Antennoppia) Mahunka, 1983 (Oppiidae), and the other to the subgenus Hammerella (Woasella) J. and P
We discuss the taxonomic status of the genus Varioppia Mahunka, 1985 and give an identification key for known species of Hammerella (Woasella)
Summary
This work is part of our continuing study of the Peruvian oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) collected during the German Expedition to Amazonian Peru in 2013 (see Ermilov and Friedrich 2016) and includes data on the superfamily Oppioidea. We found nine species; from these, two species are new to science, one belonging to the subgenus Lasiobelba (Antennoppia) Mahunka, 1983 (Oppiidae), and the other to the subgenus Hammerella (Woasella) J. and P. The main goal of the paper http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/acarologia/ ISSN 0044-586-X (print). ISSN 2107-7207 (electronic) is to describe these new species and to present a list of the registered oppioid taxa. We discuss the taxonomic status of the genus Varioppia Mahunka, 1985 and give an identification key for known species of Hammerella (Woasella)
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