“…Uropodina are a very diverse group of soil-inhabiting mites, especially in tropical rainforests (Lindquist et al 2009). Despite this high diversity, these mites remain poorly investigated in many tropical countries, like Ivory Coast, from where only nine species have been reported from the genera Trichouropoda Berlese, 1916 sensu lato, Uroobovella Berlese, 1903 sensu lato (Wiśniewski 1993) and Rotundabaloghia Hirschmann, 1975(Kontschán 2009, Ivoria Kontschán, 2019, Mahnertellina Kontschán, 2020and Origmatrachis Hirschmann, 1979 (Kontschán 2019(Kontschán , 2020a.…”