Contribution to the knowledge of carabodid oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) of Cuba

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

“…Mahunka (1985) proposed the monotypic genus Kalloia with Kalloia simpliseta from the Caribbean. Later, he confirmed the generic status (e.g., Mahunka 1986Mahunka , 1998, and this was also supported by other authors (Balogh and Balogh 1988, 1992, 2002Fujikawa 1991;Ermilov 2016;Ermilov and Smit 2017;Ermilov and N'Dri 2018). Subías (2004) included vicinity of Halcyon Sands Hotel in Vigie, and by Ermilov and Smit (2017) from litter and soil from different Caribbean islands (Antigua, Grenada, Saint-Barthelémy, Trinidad).…”

“…In order to study the morphology of the genus Kalloia, besides the new species, the specimens of Kalloia simpliseta from S.G. Ermilov's collection, from Cuba (Ermilov 2016) and the Caribbean (Ermilov and Smit 2017), were used.…”

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

“…differs from the other species of Gymnobodes: G. fraterculus (Balogh, 1963) from the Ethiopian region; G. minimus Ermilov, 2016 from Cuba;G. semengok Mahunka, 1996 from Borneo; G. subnudus (Balogh, 1963) from Congo (see Balogh 1963Balogh , 1965Mahunka 1996;Ermilov 2016). The new species is different in that it has translamella on the prodorsum, four longitudinal ridges and one pair of posterolateral concavities on the notogaster (these features are absent in the other species listed above).…”

“…The oribatid mite genus Gymnobodes (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) was proposed by Balogh (1965), with Carabodes fraterculus Balogh, 1963 as the type species. At present, it comprises four species, which are distributed in the Ethiopian, Neotropical and Oriental regions (Ermilov 2016). An identification key to the known species of the genus is presented by Ermilov (2016).…”

“…At present, it comprises four species, which are distributed in the Ethiopian, Neotropical and Oriental regions (Ermilov 2016). An identification key to the known species of the genus is presented by Ermilov (2016).…”