The second representative of the genus Ceratoppiella Hammer, 1977 (Acari: Oribatida) from Shikoku Island in Japan

摘要

A new oribatid species of the genus Ceratoppiella was collected from the garden of the Negoroji temple in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. The new species, Ceratoppiella altera n. sp. has prodorsum and hysterosoma that are triangular and adverse triangular in form, respectively, the rostral tip being dentate with a concave medial portion and a tubercle at the base of concavity, lamellae narrow and slightly converging, with cusps bearing dents at the anterior margin, an almost straight anterior notogastral margin, and one pair of relatively long notogastral setae p and nine pairs of minute setae, subcapitulum of secondarily anarthric, pelopsiform, epimeral border bo sj. of complete transversal bar, pedipalp AcmL, trochanter of leg III bearing a few dents dorsally, and heterotridactylous.