Abstract
ABSTRACT The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected from litter and upper soil stratum of Rhododendron–Lithocarpus mountain forest at a single locality from eastern Nepal. A list of 39 species, belonging to 31 genera and 15 families, is presented; of these, one genus and 11 species are reported for the first time from Nepalese fauna. Two new species – Metrioppia petarberoni sp. nov. (Peloppiidae) and Galumna (Galumna) gerdalbertii sp. nov. (Galumnidae) – are described. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B2454A87-A17C-41EB-BB7B-184F4B6022AB
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