Abstract
A new species of Lamellarea (Oribatida, Lamellareidae) is described from hick twigs of southern live oak in Florida, U.S.A. (part of the Neotropical region). Lamellarea americana sp. nov. differs from most similar species, Lamellarea digitata and L. forceps by the ventrally inserted lamellar setae, the number of genital setae, the length of interlamellar setae, and the body size. Remarks on generic diagnosis and distribution of Lamellarea are presented.
Highlights
The oribatid mite genus Lamellarea (Acari, Oribatida, Lamellareidae) was proposed by Kok (1968) with Lamellarea ardua Kok, 1968 as type species
Norton (State University of New York, Syracuse, U.S.A.), I found a new species of Lamellarea
The main goal of this paper is to describe and illustrate this new species
Summary
The oribatid mite genus Lamellarea (Acari, Oribatida, Lamellareidae) was proposed by Kok (1968) with Lamellarea ardua Kok, 1968 as type species. The genus comprises five species, all of which are distributed in the Ethiopian region (Subías 2019). In the course of taxonomic identification of oribatid mites from Florida (U.S.A.), which I received from the personal collection of Prof. Norton (State University of New York, Syracuse, U.S.A.), I found a new species of Lamellarea (sixth representative of the genus). The main goal of this paper is to describe and illustrate this new species
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