New faunistical data on oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Altai, Russia, with description of a new species of Sphaerozetes (Ceratozetidae)

• Published in: Acarologia
• Main Authors: Ermilov, Sergey, Khaustov, Alexander, Joharchi, Omid, Döker, Ismail, Khaustov, Vladimir
• Other Authors: Tyumen State University, Cukurova University
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: Animalia; Arthropoda; Acari; Aacriformes; Altai fauna; new record; ceratozetid mite; taxonomy; morphology; [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology; [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics; Phylogenetics and taxonomy; Seta; Mite; Siberia
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03818621; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03818621/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03818621/file/Acarologia-2022-62-1098-1110.pdf; https://doi.org/10.24349/6cb1-bnn9

International audience The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected from Altai Krai and Altai Republic, southern part of Western Siberia, Russia. A list of 60 species, belonging to 51 genera and 29 families, is presented; of these, two species (Moritzoppia metulifera, Zachvatkinibates latilamellatus) are recorded for the first time in Russia; one new species -Sphaerozetes parafirthensis Ermilov n. sp.- is described from soil and moss collected in the Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic. The new species differs from the closely related species, Sphaerozetes firthensis by the larger body size, narrowly lanceolate bothridial seta, strong lateral tooth on lamellar cusp, and broadly oval postanal porose area. An identification key to representatives of this genus from the Palaearctic region is provided.