Description of Oromurcia magadanensis sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Ceratozetidae) from Russia, with remarks on biogeography of the genus Oromurcia Thor, 1930

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: ERMILOV, SERGEY G., MAKAROVA, OLGA L., BEHAN-PELLETIER, VALERIE M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2022
• Subjects: Acari; ceratozetid mites; taxonomy; morphology; ontogeny; juvenile instar; Russian Far East; stenotopy; Trans-Palaearctic disjunction; Arctic; Greenland; Seta; Magadan
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5187.1.5

Species of the genus Oromurcia Thor, 1930 (Oribatida, Ceratozetidae) mainly have an arctic or alpine distribution in the Western Palaearctic region and Greenland. We describe a new species of Oromurcia from Northeast Asia (Magadan Region, Russia) based on adult and juvenile instars. Numerous populat...