New faunistic and taxonomic data on oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Ethiopia: results of the Joint Russian-Ethiopian Biological Expedition in Bale Mountains National Park (2023)

Abstract

The present study is based on oribatid mite materials collected from Bale Mountains National Park, Southeastern Ethiopia in 2023. A list of 71 species belonging to 44 genera and 29 families is presented; of these, nine species, three genera and two families are reported in Ethiopia for the first time. Two new species—Brachioppiella (Brachioppiella) sanettiensis Ermilov n. sp. and Drymobatoides harennaensis Ermilov n. sp.—are described.