Some soil-inhabiting mites from Zanzibar (Acari: Laelapidae) Author Joharchi, Omid Author Halliday, Bruce Author Khaustov, Alexander A. Author Ermilov, Sergey G. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-06 4514 1 23 40 journal article 28113 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.1.2 94abe156-ba42-47c9-b3f4-584fa793e129 1175-5326 2605788 91884B4A-C16E-4DF2-8A1F-07383558180C Ololaelaps placentula (Berlese) Laelaps placentula Berlese, 1887 : 3 . Laelaps placentula .— Berlese, 1892 : 35 . Hypoaspis placentula .— Oudemans, 1902 : 23 ; 1903: 129; Buitendijk, 1945 : 296 . Laelaps ( Hypoaspis ) placentula .— Berlese, 1903 : 14 . Ololaelaps placentula .— Berlese, 1904 : 261 ; Hull, 1918 : 66 ; Sellnick, 1940 : 69 ; Bregetova & Koroleva, 1964 : 70 ; Lapina, 1976 : 58 ; Bregetova, 1977 : 539 ; Ryke, 1962 : 125 ; Evans & Till, 1966 : 235 . Pseudoparasitus ( Ololaelaps ) placentulus .— Karg, 1978 : 210 ; 1981: 211; 1993: 134. Ololaelaps placentulus .— Farrier & Hennessey, 1993 : 83 . Ololaelaps confinis Berlese, 1904 : 261 (synonymy by Ryke, 1962 : 125 ; Evans & Till, 1966 : 235 ). Laelaps ( Ololaelaps ) confinis .— Halbert, 1915 : 70 . Ololaelaps confinis .— Hull, 1918 : 66 . FIGURES 14–17 . Gaeolaelaps zanzibarensis sp. nov. , female. 14, epistome; 15, palp and tarsal claw; 16, subcapitulum; 17, stigma and post peritrematal shield. FIGURES 18–23 . Hypoaspisella bernhardi sp. nov. , female. 18, dorsal idiosoma; 19, ventral idiosoma; 20, subcapitulum; 21, epistome; 22, tarsal claw; 23, chelicera. FIGURES 24–27 . Hypoaspisella bernhardi sp. nov. , female. 24, leg I; 25, leg II; 26, leg III; 27, leg IV. FIGURES 28–32 . Hypoaspisella bernhardi sp. nov. , female. 28, general view dorsally; 29, general view ventrally; 30, subcapitulum; 31, epistome; 32, chelicera. Specimens examined : Three females, Tanzania , Zanzibar , forest litter, 06°16'S , 039°25' E , 8 m . a.s.l., 2 February 2018 , coll. S.G. Ermilov, A.A. Khaustov (in TUMZ). Notes. This species may be easily recognised by the lateral fusion of the metapodal shields to the genitoventro-anal shield, but the posterior of peritrematal and exopodal shields behind coxa IV are usually free. Our concept of the species is based on that of Evans & Till (1966) , and our specimens agree completely with Evans & Till (1966, Figure 52) . We have presented an extensive synonymy of the species to emphasise that it is well-known under several different names, and very widely distributed in North America, Europe, and Russia . It is now recorded in Zanzibar for the first time, from soil and litter.