Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari, Oribatida) V. Fourth part. Two new species of the genus Congocepheus from the Republic of Rwanda: Congocepheus rwandensis sp. n., and Congocepheus kayoveae sp. n

Nestor Fernandez; Pieter Theron; Sergio Leiva

doi:10.3897/zookeys.556.7011

Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari, Oribatida) V. Fourth part. Two new species of the genus Congocepheus from the Republic of Rwanda: Congocepheus rwandensis sp. n., and Congocepheus kayoveae sp. n

Zookeys. 2016 Jan 21:(556):19-41. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.556.7011. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Nestor Fernandez¹, Pieter Theron², Sergio Leiva³

Affiliations

¹ National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET). Evolutive Genetic Laboratory FCEQyN, Misiones National University. Felix de Azara 1552, 6º, (3300) Posadas Misiones (Argentina); Research Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2520 (South Africa).
² Research Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2520 (South Africa).
³ Fellowship, National Institute Agricultural Technology (INTA). Experimental Rural Agency, Aimogasta.

Abstract

Two new species from Rwanda are described utilizing optical and scanning electron microscope observations: Congocepheus rwandensis sp. n. and Congocepheus kayoveae sp. n. are compared to Congocepheus taurus Balogh 1961.

Keywords: Congocepheus kayoveae sp. n.; Congocepheus rwandensis sp. n.; Rwanda; comparison.