TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Contribution to the knowledge of carabodid oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) of Cuba VL - 56 IS - 1 SP - 33 EP - 43 PY - 2016 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Ermilov, S.G. UR - https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20162191 DO - 10.1051/acarologia/20162191 DA - 2016-03-04 ET - 2016-03-04 KW - oribatid mites KW - Carabodidae KW - new species KW - morphology KW - systematics KW - key KW - record KW - fauna KW - Cuba AB - Two new species of oribatid mites of the family Carabodidae are described from leaf litter in forest of Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba. Carabodes paravenezolanus n. sp. is morphologically most similar to C. venezolanus SubĂ­as and Arillo, 2004, but it differs from the latter by the convex notogaster, bothridial setae with clear, flattened heads, notogaster without tubercles and epimere I with three pairs of setae. Gymnobodes minimus n. sp. is morphologically most similar to G. fraterculus (Balogh, 1963) and G. subnudus (Balogh, 1963), but it differs from both by the centro-dorsal part of notogaster with strong, well separated tubercles. An identification key to known species of Gymnobodes is given. The genus Gymnobodes is recorded for the first time in the Neotropical region. The genus Kalloia and the species Kalloia simpliseta Mahunka, 1985 are recorded for the first time in Cuban fauna. ER -