A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ORIBATID MITE GENUS <i>GYMNOBODES</i> (ACARI, ORIBATIDA, CARABODIDAE)

Abstract

A new species of the genus Gymnobodes (Oribatida, Carabodidae) is described from Côte d'Ivoire. G. cotedivoirensis Ermilov sp.n. differs from the other species of the genus by the presence of translamella on the prodorsum, four longitudinal ridges and one pair of posterolateral concavities on the notogaster. A revised generic diagnosis of Gymnobodes is presented.

Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Gymnobodes (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae), with description of a new species from Mexico

“…Gymnobodes cotedivoirensis was found from plant litter of 7-year-old rubber plantations in Côte d'Ivoire (Ermilov & N'Dri 2018, 2020. Gymnobodes fraterculus was described from equatorial forest in Congo (Balogh 1963); also, this species was reported from tropical ecosystems in Mexico (Vázquez-González et al 2016).…”

“…Gymnobodes Balogh, 1965 (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) is a small genus of oribatid mites that was proposed by Balogh (1965), with Carabodes fraterculus Balogh, 1963 as type species. At present, it comprises four species, which are distributed in the Afrotropical and Neotropical regions (Balogh 1963, Ermilov 2016, Ermilov & N'Dri 2018.…”

“…The generic traits and an identification key to some representatives of Gymnobodes were presented by Ermilov and N'Dri (2018) and Ermilov (2016), respectively. However, due to taxonomic changes (see the Discussion section) and new described species (Ermilov & N'Dri 2018;data of this paper), additional goals of our paper are to revise the generic diagnosis and update the key. Also, we present data on distribution and habitats of representatives of the genus.…”