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Issue: Vol. 4324 No. 2: 27 Sept. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-09-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.2.5
Page range: 315–330
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 2

Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari: Oribatida) V (Fifth part). Redescription of Congocepheus latilamellatus Mahunka 1984, with complementary studies of C. ornatus, Mahunka 1983. Descriptions of Tanzaniacepheus gen. nov. and Zimbabwecepheus gen. nov.

National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET). Evolutive Genetic Laboratory FCEQyN, Misiones National University. Felix de Azara 1552, 6º, (3300) Posadas Misiones (Argentina). Research Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2520 (South Africa).
Fellowship, National Institute Agricultural Technology (INTA). Experimental Rural Agency, Aimogasta.
Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2520 (South Africa).
Acari taxonomy morphology synonymy new genus

Abstract

Redescription of Congocepheus latilamellatus, with complementary studies of Congocepheus ornatus. Congocepheus latilamellatus is a senior synonym of C. ornatus. Two new genera, Tanzaniacepheus and Zimbabwecepheus are described with type species Tanzaniacepheus ornatus n. comb. and Zimbabwecepheus maidii gen. nov., sp. nov.

 

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