HYPOZETES ANDREII (ACARI, ORIBATIDA, TEGORIBATIDAE), A NEW SPECIES OF ORIBATID MITES FROM SOUTH AFRICA

Abstract

A new oribatid mite species of the genus Hypozetes (Oribatida, Tegoribatidae) is described from soil in South Africa. Hypozetes andreii sp. n. differs from all other representatives of the genus by the presence of heavily and densely porose body surface. Distribution data of the new species are presented.