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A new fossil genus and species of oribatid mite, Cretaceobodes martinezae gen. et sp. nov., belonging to the family Otocepheidae is described. The new species is preserved in a piece of amber from the San Just outcrop (Teruel Province, Spain), which is believed to be Albian in age. The new genus is compared with the extant genus Carabocepheus Berlese, 1910 and its relationships with the superfamilies Otocepheoidea and Carabodoidea are discussed. Carabocepheidae is regarded as a junior synonym of Otocepheidae. Ranking Carabocepheus lounsbury latior Balogh et Mahunka, 1966 as a separate species is proposed.
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Published in Russian in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2010, No. 3, pp. 42–45.
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Arillo, A., Subías, L.S. & Shtanchaeva, U. A new genus and species of oribatid mite, Cretaceobodes martinezae gen. et sp. nov., from the lower cretaceous amber of San Just (Teruel Province, Spain) (Acariformes, Oribatida, Otocepheidae). Paleontol. J. 44, 287–290 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103011003007X
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