Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari: Oribatida) V (third part). Redefinition ofCongocepheus, definition ofCavaecarabodesgen. nov., and descriptions of three new species,Congocepheus germanisp. nov.,Cavaecarabodes pulchritudegen. nov., sp. nov., andCavaecarabodes anouchkaegen. nov., sp. nov.

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)

“…All known species of the genus Congocepheus were studied by the authors in previous papers (Fernandez et al 2013a;Fernandez et al 2013b;2014;Fernandez et al 2016aFernandez et al , 2016bFernandez et al 2017a;Fernandez et al 2017b). C. orientalis and C. thailandae sp.…”

“…Morphological terms and abbreviations used are those developed by F. Grandjean (1928-1974) (cf. Travé & Vachon, 1975Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009;Fernandez et al 2013a, b;2014). For setal types and ornamentation of cuticular surfaces, Evans (1992) was used.…”

“…A complementary description of Cavaecarabodes hauseri (Mahunka 1989) (Fernandez et al 2013a;2014) is provided. This species is very complex, and SEM images provide further clarity on aspects such as cuticular microsculpture and setae, which were previously only studied with optical microscopy.…”

Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari, Oribatida) V. Fourth part. Two new species of the genus Congocepheus from the Republic of Rwanda: Congocepheus rwandensis sp. n., and Congocepheus kayoveae sp. n.

“…Several species of the genus Congocepheus have recently been redescribed, namely Congocepheus heterotrichus Balogh, 1958, Congocepheus orientalis Mahunka, 1987, Congocepheus hauseri Mahunka, 1989 (Fernandez et al 2013c) and Congocepheus involutus Mahunka, 1997, with descriptions of new species Congocepheus gabonensis Fernandez et al, 2013, Congocepheus ektactesi Fernandez et al, 2013 and Congocepheus germanicus Fernandez et al, 2014a. A redefinition of Congocepheus was given, and the new genus Cavaecarabodes , related to Congocepheus , was defined and two new species described: Cavaecarabodes pulchritude Fernandez et al, 2014a, and Cavaecarabodes anouchkai Fernandez et al, 2014a.…”

“…A redefinition of Congocepheus was given, and the new genus Cavaecarabodes , related to Congocepheus , was defined and two new species described: Cavaecarabodes pulchritude Fernandez et al, 2014a, and Cavaecarabodes anouchkai Fernandez et al, 2014a.…”