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A new subgenus and three new species of the Oribatid mite families hermanniellidae, Oribatellidae, and Scheloribatidae (Acariformes, Oribatida) from the Caucasus

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A new subgenus, Sacculoribatella subgen. n., of Oribatella and 3 new species the families Hermanniellidae (Hermanniella aliverdievae sp. n.), Oribatellidae (Oribatella caspica sp. n.), and Scheloribatidae (Pachygena makarovae sp. n.) are described from the Caucasus.

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  1. Caspian Institute of Biological Resources, Daghestan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Makhachkala, 376000, Russia

    U. Ya. Shtanchaeva

  2. Facultad de Biologia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, E-28040, Spain

    L. S. Subías

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Original Russian Text © U.Ya. Shtanchaeva, L.S. Subías, 2012, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2012, Vol. 91, No. 5, pp. 537–543.

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Shtanchaeva, U.Y., Subías, L.S. A new subgenus and three new species of the Oribatid mite families hermanniellidae, Oribatellidae, and Scheloribatidae (Acariformes, Oribatida) from the Caucasus. Entmol. Rev. 92, 583–589 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873812050119

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