New species of Pulchroppia (Acari, Oribatida, Oppiidae) from Indonesia

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Pulchroppia (Oribatida, Oppiidae), P. richterae n. sp. and P. marianae n. sp., are described, based on materials collected from litter of secondary rainforest in Sumatra, Indonesia. Generic diagnosis and an identification key to the known species of Pulchroppia are presented.