taxonID	type	description	language	source
7A76B611CC268700FDD3BC0B04ACFA7F.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Hermannobates monstruosus Hammer, 1961	en	Ermilov, Sergey G. (2024): New species of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Western Venezuela. Persian Journal of Acarology 13: 745-755, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v13i4.86025
7A76B611CC268705FE17BCA603F8F988.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype (female) and three paratypes (three females): Western Venezuela, Merida State, 2300 m a. s. l., 10 km E Tabay, sweeping in the cloud forest, 28. IV. 1981 (L. Masner and Marsh). Type deposition The holotype is deposited in the collection of the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, Görlitz, Germany; three paratypes are deposited in the collection of the University of Tyumen, Museum of Zoology, Tyumen, Russia. All specimens are preserved in 70 % solution of ethanol with a drop of glycerol. Diagnosis Body length: 750 – 840. Prodorsum, ventral side of body and lateral side of notogaster partially tuberculate; notogastral exuvial scalp with medium-sized, sparse foveolae. Rostral and lamellar setae medium-sized, setiform, stiff, roughened; interlamellar seta long, slightly thickened, barbed; bothridial seta comparatively short, clavate, barbed. Exuvial notogastral setae cpE, e 2 E short, setiform, stiff, slightly barbed; e 2 E ˃ cpE; true notogastral seta c 3 short, setiform, roughened; p 2, p 3 short, setiform, stiff, roughened; p 1, h 2, h 3 long, slightly thickened, barbed. Subcapitular seta a narrowly phylliform; m, h setiform. Epimeral and anogenital setae setiform, stiff, roughened. Description	en	Ermilov, Sergey G. (2024): New species of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Western Venezuela. Persian Journal of Acarology 13: 745-755, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v13i4.86025
7A76B611CC268705FE17BCA603F8F988.taxon	description	Measurements – Body length: 840 (holotype), 750 – 825 (paratypes); body width: 570 (holotype), 465 – 570 (paratypes). Integument – Body color brown to dark brown. Body surface covered by gel-like cerotegument including dense microgranules. Prodorsum, ventral side of body and lateral side of notogaster partially tuberculate (diameter of tubercle up to 11). Notogastral exuvial scalp sparsely foveolate (diameter of foveola up to 11). Prodorsum – Rostrum widely rounded. Rostral (75 – 90) and lamellar (94 – 105) setae setiform, stiff, roughened; interlamellar seta (255 – 281) slightly thickened, barbed, directed upwards; interlamellar seta thicker than rostral and lamellar setae; bothridial seta (86 – 94) clavate, barbed, with head slightly longer than stalk; exobothridial seta (19 – 26) setiform, slightly roughened. Notogaster – Two pairs of exuvial notogastral setae remaining; cpE (52 – 56), e 2 E (67 – 71) setiform, stiff, slightly barbed. Six pairs of true notogastral setae (c 3, h 2, h 3, p 1, p 2, p 3) observable (other true setae under exuvium reduced); c 3 (30 – 34) setiform, roughened; p 2, p 3 (26 – 30) setiform, stiff, roughened; p 1 (165 – 187), h 2, h 3 (139 – 180) slightly thickened, barbed. Only lyrifissures ia, ips observable. Gnathosoma – Subcapitulum size: 199 – 206 × 169 – 180; subcapitular seta a (34 – 37) narrowly phylliform, smooth or partially roughened mediodistally; m (60 – 67), h (52 – 56) setiform, roughened. Palp length: 94 – 97; setation: 0 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 6 (+ ω); postpalpal seta (15 – 19) spiniform, slightly roughened. Chelicera length: 225 – 236; both cheliceral setae (cha: 82 – 86; chb: 52 – 56) setiform, barbed. Epimeral and lateral podosomal regions – Epimeral formula: 3 – 1 – 2 – 3; setae (1 a, 1 c, 2 a, 4 b: 37 – 45; 1 b, 3 b, 4 a, 4 c: 45 – 52; 3 a: 67 – 79) setiform, stiff, roughened. Respiratory organs and channels not observed. Anogenital region – Anogenital formula: 7 – 1 – 2 – 3; genital (g 5: 56 – 60; others: 30 – 37), aggenital (41 – 45), anal (49 – 56), and adanal (ad 1: 75 – 86; ad 2, ad 3: 30 – 34) setae setiform, stiff, roughened. Adanal lyrifissure oblique, located anteriorly to ad 3. Legs – Claw of each leg strong, slightly barbed on dorsal side. Formulas of leg setation and solenidia: I (1 – 5 – 5 – 5 – 18) [1 – 2 – 2], II (1 – 5 – 5 – 5 – 15) [1 – 1 – 2], III (2 – 3 – 3 – 4 – 13) [1 – 1 – 0], IV (1 – 3 – 3 – 4 – 13) [0 – 1 – 0]; homology of setae and solenidia indicated in Table 1; seta s on tarsi I, II and p’, p ” on tarsus I eupathidial; some distal setae of all tarsi dilated in distal part. Comparison Hermannobates neotropicus sp. nov. is morphologically similar to the other Venezuelan species, H. intermedius Călugăr, 1990, in having comparatively long, slightly thickened interlamellar and posterior notogastral setae p 1, h 2, h 3, and the presence of the head in the bothridial seta. However, the new species is distinguished from the latter by short, clavate bothridial seta (versus comparatively long, with slightly developed fusiform head). Etymology The species name neotropicus refers to the place of origin, Neotropical region.	en	Ermilov, Sergey G. (2024): New species of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Western Venezuela. Persian Journal of Acarology 13: 745-755, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v13i4.86025
7A76B611CC238705FE2CBFD004F6F930.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Mucrobates fissuratus Balogh & Mahunka, 1979	en	Ermilov, Sergey G. (2024): New species of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Western Venezuela. Persian Journal of Acarology 13: 745-755, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v13i4.86025
7A76B611CC238709FE17BE6F03BBFC76.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype (male) and two paratypes (two females): Western Venezuela, Merida State, 2300 m a. s. l., 10 km E Tabay, sweeping in the cloud forest, 28. IV. 1981 (L. Masner and Marsh). Type deposition The holotype is deposited in the collection of the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, Görlitz, Germany; two paratypes are deposited in the collection of the University of Tyumen, Museum of Zoology, Tyumen, Russia. All specimens are preserved in 70 % solution of ethanol with a drop of glycerol. Diagnosis Body length: 600 – 690. Prolamella not complete (distal part not observable), directed slightly laterally to insertion of rostral seta; translamella absent; keel-shaped ridge present. Rostral, lamellar and interlamellar setae setiform, barbed; in ˃ le ˃ ro; bothridial seta short, clavate, barbed; exobothridial seta well developed. Notogastral setae p 2, p 3 short, setiform, slightly roughened; other setae vestigial. Epimeral and anogenital setae setiform, slightly roughened. Pedotectum II present. Adanal seta ad 1 located behind anal aperture. Seta v’ on leg genu II developed. Description	en	Ermilov, Sergey G. (2024): New species of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Western Venezuela. Persian Journal of Acarology 13: 745-755, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v13i4.86025
7A76B611CC238709FE17BE6F03BBFC76.taxon	description	Measurements – Body length: 600 (holotype), 675, 690 (paratypes); notogaster width: 375 (holotype), 405, 420 (paratypes). Integument – Body color brown. Cuticle densely microporose (visible under high magnification, × 1000); lateral side of body partially densely microgranulate. Prodorsum – Rostrum rounded. Lamella slightly shorter than half of prodorsum; prolamella not complete (distal part not observable), directed slightly laterally to insertion of rostral seta; translamella absent; sublamella absent; sublamellar porose area (4) rounded; keel-shaped ridge slightly developed, small. Rostral (94 – 105), lamellar (131 – 150) and interlamellar (217 – 225) setae setiform, barbed; bothridial seta (49 – 52) clavate, barbed, with head slightly longer than stalk; exobothridial seta (37 – 41) setiform, slightly roughened. Dorsosejugal porose area (8 × 4) oval. Dorsophragma slightly elongated. Notogaster – Posterior notogastral setae p 2, p 3 (11 – 15) setiform, slightly roughened; other setae (1) vestigial. Four pairs of saccules drop-like. Opisthonotal gland opening and all lyrifissures distinct. Gnathosoma – Subcapitulum size: 135 – 146 × 94 – 97; subcapitular seta a (19 – 22) setiform, shortly ciliated distally; m (19 – 22) setiform, slightly roughened; h (36 – 41) setiform, barbed; m thinnest; both adoral setae (19 – 22) setiform, barbed. Palp length: 94 – 97; setation: 0 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 9 (+ ω); postpalpal seta (11) spiniform, roughened. Chelicera length: 135 – 146; both cheliceral setae (cha: 37 – 41; chb: 26) setiform, barbed. Epimeral and lateral podosomal regions – Epimeral setal formula: 3 – 1 – 3 – 3; all setae (1 a, 2 a, 3 a: 26 – 30; 3 c, 4 c: 49 – 55; others: 37 – 41) setiform, slightly roughened; 3 c on carina located perpendicularly to pedotectum II; 4 c on discidium. Humeral porose areas Am and Ah fused into single elongate oval area. Pedotectum II developed, small. Discidium broadly triangular, with rounded top. Anogenital region – Anogenital formula: 4 – 1 – 2 – 3; genital (22 – 30), aggenital (22 – 30), anal (22 – 30), and adanal (36 – 41) setae setiform, slightly roughened; ad 1 posteriorly to anal aperture. Adanal lyrifissure located close and parallel to anterior half of genital plate. Marginal porose area represented by some elongate oval areas. Legs – Median claw distinctly thicker than lateral claws; all claws slightly barbed on dorsal side; lateral claw with minute tubercle ventrodistally. Anterodorsal process on tibiae III and IV well developed. Porose area on tarsi I – IV, tibiae I – IV, femora I – IV, and trochanters III, IV well observable. The extreme proximoventral region of femora I – IV contains a well-circumscribed, discrete globule that is resistant to lactic-acid treatment; each globule contains a cluster of 15 – 20 minute, discrete granules that are similarly resistant. Formulas of leg setation and solenidia: I (1 – 5 – 3 – 4 – 19) [1 – 2 – 2], II (1 – 5 – 3 – 4 – 15) [1 – 1 – 2], III (2 – 3 – 1 – 3 – 15) [1 – 1 – 0], IV (1 – 2 – 2 – 3 – 12) [0 – 1 – 0]; homology of setae and solenidia indicated in Table 2; setae p’, p ” on tarsus I eupathidial; seta s on tarsus I setiform, barbed (not eupathidial). Comparison Mucrobates venezuelaensis sp. nov. is morphologically similar to M. cayoaguaensis Ermilov & Kontschán, 2021 from Panama in having clavate bothridial seta. However, the new species is distinguished from the latter by larger body size (length: 600 – 690 versus 423 – 481), short bothridial seta (versus comparatively long), well developed exobothridial seta (versus minute), the presence (versus absence) of the pedotectum II, keel-shaped ridge and seta v’ on the leg genu II, and the location of the adanal seta ad 1 (posteriorly to anal aperture versus laterally to anal aperture). Etymology The species name venezuelaensis refers to the place of origin, Venezuela.	en	Ermilov, Sergey G. (2024): New species of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Western Venezuela. Persian Journal of Acarology 13: 745-755, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v13i4.86025
