The family Carabodidae (Acari: Oribatida) V. The genusCongocepheus(first part) with redescriptions ofCongocepheus heterotrichusBalogh 1958,Congocepheus orientalisMahunka 1987 andCongocepheus hauseriMahunka 1989

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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.

“…Because we found two very interesting processes, neotrichy and regressive evolution, we chose to focus on the genus Congocepheus for a series of papers (Fernandez et al 2013b(Fernandez et al , 2013c. We understood from the outset the need to examine all specimens, but eventually realized that redescriptions were also necessary.…”

“…Travé and Vachon 1975;Norton and Behan-Pelletier 2009;Fernandez et al 2013aFernandez et al , 2013bFernandez et al , 2013c. For setal types Evans (1992, p. 73) and for ornamentation of cuticular surfaces Murley (1951, p. 9) were used.…”

“…We have been studying the genus Congocepheus for a number of years and found the taxonomic situation very complex (see Fernandez et al 2013aFernandez et al , 2013bFernandez et al , 2013c.…”

“…Diverse notogastral setal dispositions, with varied shapes and lengths. Notogaster, mostly ovoid, more or less elevated in lateral view, with prominent cuticular ornamentations; finger-like projection (see Fernandez et al 2013b) either present or not.…”

“…nov., and include some species previously belonging to Congocepheus. We studied the type material of Congocepheus ornatus Mahunka, 1983, Co. latilamellatus Mahunka, 1984and Co. velatus Mahunka, 1986, in order to establish its position in the genus Congocepheus Balogh, 1958. In Fernandez et al (2013bFernandez et al ( , 2013c, we redescribed several species due to deficient and ambiguous original descriptions, and decided to search in the material from Madagascar, Gabon, Antilles, Namibia and Vietnam amongst others in the Collections of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelles (MNHN) in Paris, and from Kenya, Tanzania, Costa Rica, Zimbabwe (previously Southern Rhodesia) and Rwanda belonging to the Natural History Museum of Geneva (NHMG), in an attempt to find the largest number of species possible in order to understand different aspects of this group, several of them are being studied at present and will be the subjects of further papers.…”