A new species of Fissicepheus and a supplementary description of Leptotocepheus murphyi (Mahunka, 1989) (Acari, Oribatida, Otocepheidae) from Malaysia

Sergey G. Ermilov (1) , Stanislav Kalúz (2)

1 Tyumen State University
2 Institute of Zoology

This work includes taxonomic data on two species of oribatid mites of the family Otocepheidae from Malaysia. A new species of the genus Fissicepheus is described. Fissicepheus parastriganovae n. sp. differs from Fissicepheus striganovae Ermilov and Anichkin, 2014 by body ornamentation, length of interlamellar and notogastral setae and morphology of genital plates. The species Leptotocepheus murphyi (Mahunka, 1989) is recorded in Malaysia for the first time. A supplementary description of this species which was originally described from Singapore is given on the basis of the Malaysian specimens. The main morphological traits for L. murphyi are summarized.

Mots clés: systematics; morphology; Oriental region; otocepheid mites; Aacriformes; Acari; Animalia; Arthropoda

Domaines: Zoologie des invertébrés; Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie

Sergey G. Ermilov, Stanislav Kalúz. A new species of Fissicepheus and a supplementary description of Leptotocepheus murphyi (Mahunka, 1989) (Acari, Oribatida, Otocepheidae) from Malaysia. Acarologia, 2019, 59 (4), pp.456-474. ⟨10.24349/acarologia/20194348⟩. ⟨hal-02355186⟩