TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Gredosella fraternalis n. gen., n. sp., a new oribatid mite (Acari, Oribatida, Machuellidae) from a burned pine forest in the Sierra de Gredos (Avila, Spain) VL - 40 IS - 4 SP - 431 EP - 434 PY - 1999 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Gil-Martin, J. AU - Arillo, A. AU - Subias, L.S. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=162 DA - 2000-10-20 KW - Acari KW - Oribatida KW - Machuellidae KW - taxonomy KW - Sierra de Gredos KW - Spain AB - A new genus and species of the oribatid mite family, Machuellidae, is described under the name Gredosella fraternalis n. gen., n. sp. The specimen studied was extracted from a soil sample collected in a burned pine forest at Arenas de San Pedro (Sierra de Gredos, Province of Avila, Central Spain). Its most important distinguishing character is that it bears a fused tibia and tarsus on all its legs. Machuella capitata Kuliev, 1967 is transferred to Gredosella. ER -