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Systematic & Applied Acarology
(2008) 13, 252–255.A new fossil oribatid mite, Ommatocepheus nortoni sp. nov. (Acariformes, Oribatida, Cepheidae), from a new outcrop of Lower Cretaceous Álava amber (northern Spain)
ANTONIO ARILLO1, LUIS S. SUBÍAS1 & UMUKUSUM SHTANCHAEVA2
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Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain. E-mail: aarillo@teleline.es; subias@bio.ucm.es2
Caspian Institute of Biological Resources, Daghestan Scientific Center Russian Academy of Sciences, Makhachkala 376000, Russia. E-mail: umukusum@mail.ruAbstract
A new species of fossil oribatid mite, Ommatocepheus nortoni sp. nov. (Acariformes, Oribatida), is described from the Spanish Lower Cretaceous. The fossil is preserved in amber found in a new outcrop near Salinillas de Buradón (Province of Álava, northern Spain). It represents the first bioinclusion found at this locality and the third oribatid species described from Spanish Cretaceous amber.
Key words: Mites, Oribatida, Cepheidae, Lower Cretaceous amber, Álava, new outcrop
References
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Accepted by A. Baker: 16 Sept. 2008
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