Two remarkable new species of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Acacia litter of Kerala, India Author Arun, A. 0000-0002-7448-439X Division of Acarology, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, PO 673635, India. Author Ramani, N. 0000-0003-4030-5231 Division of Acarology, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, PO 673635, India. & drnramani @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7448 - 439 X drnramani@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-11 4877 3 539 558 journal article 7951 10.11646/zootaxa.4877.3.7 2e697ef5-3591-4c49-a68c-e32c4d395d7d 1175-5326 4570503 10BCCB7E-377B-4884-AE65-B7C2DD69E5B1 Key to the adults of known species of Papillacarus ( Vepracarus ) of the world 1 Anal and adanal plates separated throughout their length...................................................... 2 - Anal and adanal plates separated anteriorly and fused posteriorly.............................................. 20 2 Notogastral setae tree shaped............................................................................ 3 - Notogastral setae smooth, setiform, barbed or ciliate......................................................... 8 3 Notogaster with thickly punctate tubercles [ India , Vietnam ].................... P. ( V. ) cornutus ( Sarkar & Subías, 1984 ) - Notogaster with papilli................................................................................. 4 4 an 2 shorter than the distance between an 1 and an 2 ............................................................ 5 - an 2 as long as or longer than the distance between an 1 and an 2.................................................. 7 5 Notogastral bands absent [Cáucaso]............................................... P. ( V .) abchasicus Tarba, 1985 - Notogastral bands present............................................................................... 6 6 Sensillus with 9–10 long pectinations; notogastral band S 5 present [ China ]. P. ( V .) hexagonus Ren, Yang, Liang & Xie, 2018 - Sensillus with 13–14 long pectinations; notogastral band S 5 absent [ Japan , Tahiti. Tongatapu, India , Philippines , Vietnam , Iran ]......................................................................... P. ( V .) hirsutus ( Aoki, 1961 ) 7 All genital setae branched; exa as long as or longer than the distance between exa and in [ Korea ]............................................................................................... P. ( V. ) koreanus ( Mahunka, 1973 ) - Anterior pairs of genital setae branched and posterior pairs simple; exa shorter than the distance between exa and in [ Senegal , Vietnam ]...................................................................... P. ( V .) gueyeae ( Pérez-Íñigo, 1989 )................................................................................................ 8 ss with long branches; notogastral setae variable in size and nature.............................................. 9 - ss with short barbs; notogastral setae c 1, d 1 and e 1 thin and smooth, others ciliate [ Iran , Spain ]............................................................................................. P. ( V. ) chamartinensis Pérez-Íñigo, 1967 9 All primary notogastral setae barbed, branched or ciliate..................................................... 10 - At least two pairs of primary notogastral setae smooth....................................................... 18 10 Notogaster possess polygonal ornamentation.............................................................. 11 - Notogaster without polygonal ornamentation, either with papilli or tubercles..................................... 12 11 Setae c 1, d 1, f 1 almost same in length [ Brazil ]......................... P. ( V .) parapolysetosus Ermilov & Tolstikov, 2015 - Setae c 1 , d 1 , f 1 differ in length ( c 1 > d 1 > f 1 ) [ Vietnam ]................... P. ( V .) polysetosus Ermilov, Anichkin & Wu, 2012 12 Seta in with long branches [ Indonesia ]............................................. P . ( V .) ramosus Balogh, 1961 - Seta in setiform, ciliate................................................................................ 13 13 Notogastral bands indistinct............................................................................ 14 - Notogastral bands distinct............................................................................. 16 14 Rostrum more or less rectilinear with median angular incision [ Vietnam ]............................................................................................... P . ( V .) whitteni Fernández, Theron, Rollard & Leiva, 2015 - Rostrum narrowly round or truncate, without median incision................................................. 15 15 Genital setae very small, without branches [ China , Philippines ]....................... P. ( V. ) cruzae Corpuz-Raros, 1979 - Antero-lateral pairs and two postero-lateral pairs of genital setae long and smooth, rest with short cilia [ Vietnam ]........................................................................................ P. ( V .) luteus Ermilov, 2015 16 All genital setae branched or barbed [ China ]................................. P. ( V .) konglinensis Chen & Yang, 2011 - Setae g 7 , g 8 and g 10 smooth, others branched................................................................ 17 17 Neotrichal setae present from e series; setae exp , in and le sub- equal in length [ China , Iran ]............................................................................................... P. ( V. ) punctatus (Hu & X. Wang, 1990) - Neotrichal setae present from c series; seta exp longer than le and in [ China ]............................................................................................. P. ( V .) jinggangshanensis (Y. Chen, Yang & Liang, 2010 ) 18 All prodorsal setae sub-equal in length [ Ukraine ].................................... P. ( V. ) akimovi Sergienko, 1992 - Prodorsal setae variable in length........................................................................ 19 19 Seta in as long as the marginal notogastral setae; ss with 16 long branches [ Philippines ].................................................................................................. P . ( V .) ramirezae ( Corpuz-Raros, 1979 ) - Seta in much smaller than the marginal notogastral setae; ss with 11–12 long branches [ Iran , Thailand ]................................................................................................ P. ( V. ) ogawai ( Aoki, 1965 ) 20 Prodorsum and notogaster covered with large, finely punctate tubercles [ India ]................ P. ( V .) acaciensis sp. nov. - Prodorsum and notogaster bear pappilli [ Bermuda , Cuba , Mexico , St. Lucia ]......... P. ( V. ) incompletus ( Mahunka, 1985 )