New faunistic and taxonomic data on oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Arsi Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

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Abstract

The present study is based on oribatid mite material collected from the Arsi Mountains National Park, central Ethiopia in October 2022. A list of 74 species belonging to 52 genera and 34 families is presented. One new species is described from woodland litter: Sadocepheus arsiensis Ermilov sp. n. (Cepheusidae).

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S. G. Ermilov

University of Tyumen

Email: ermilovacari@yandex.ru
Tyumen, 625003 Russia

L. B. Rybalov

Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: lrybalov52@mail.ru
Moscow, 119071 Russia

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