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Issue: Vol. 4504 No. 3: 25 Oct. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.3.4
Page range: 371–389
Abstract views: 53
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Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari: Oribatida) XVI. Synkrotima tsalakpmenoi sp. nov. from Zimbabwe and Kenya, and Congocepheus thailandae sp. nov. from Thailand, including a complementary study of Cavaecarabodes hauseri (Mahunka 1989)

National Council of Scientific and Technological Research, Argentina (CONICET ). Evolutive Genetic Laboratory FCEQyN , Misiones National University. Felix de Azara 1585, 6º (3300) Posadas Misiones Argentina. Research Unit for Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2520, South Africa.
Research Unit for Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2520, South Africa.
National Institute Agricultural Technology (INTA). Experimental Rural Agency, Aimogasta. 5910. La Rioja. Argentina.
Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2520 (South Africa).
Acari systematics Africa Asia optical microscopy scanning electron microscopy comparison

Abstract

Synkrotima tsalakpmenoi sp. nov. is described from material collected in Zimbabwe and Kenya. This species presents the following characteristics: notogastral integument formed by longitudinally aligned cuticular cords; thick, lanceolate notogastral setae; and genital neotrichy. Synkrotima tsalakpmenoi sp. nov. is compared to S. zimbabwae. Congocepheus thailandae sp. nov. is the first species of this genus described from Thailand, with the following present: large finger-like notogastral projection; notogastral setae c1, c2, da, dm, dp, la, lm, lp, h1, h2 situated on promontories; setae c1, c2 located adjacent and parallel.

        A complementary study of Cavaecarabodes hauseri, making use of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), allows for clarification of particularities regarding complex setae as well as some aspects of the integument, and provides a more detailed diagnosis.

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