TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Damaeus lupus n. sp. (Acarina), new oribatid mite species from Carpathian wilderness (Tatra Mountains, Slovakia) VL - 56 IS - 3 SP - 279 EP - 292 PY - 2016 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Miko, L. UR - https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20162250 DO - 10.1051/acarologia/20162250 DA - 2016-07-01 ET - 2016-07-01 KW - oribatid mites KW - Damaeus KW - new species KW - Carpathians KW - Slovakia AB - A new species of oribatid mite from the family Damaeidae, Damaeus lupus n.sp., belonging to the nominate subgenus, is described from litter of Pinus cembra forest in a wilderness area of the Vysoké Tatry Mts. in the West Carpathians, Slovakia. The unusual set of characters (position of bothridia, epimeral and partial anal neotrichy), as well as possible relationships of this new species are discussed. The larva of the species is also described. ER -