New littoral mite species (Acari, Oribatida, Fortuyniidae) from the Galápagos archipelago, with ecological and zoogeographical considerations Author Pfingstl, Tobias Author Schatz, Heinrich text Zootaxa 2017 4244 1 39 64 journal article 36255 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.2 e97a758f-a7e7-4d1e-92a7-5e5c6809d446 1175-5326 400419 43D2EF53-0A38-437A-A704-3808DDC35B62 Litoribates gen. nov. Diagnosis . Medium sized (307–342 µm body length) brown sclerotized intertidal mites. Lamellar ridges present, slender and located close to lateral face of prodorsum. Sensillus slightly fusiform, pectinate. Bothridium incorporated, not projecting. Notogaster circular with 14 pairs of setae. Epimeral setation 3-1-2-2. Four pairs of genital setae. Anal plates clearly triangular. Trochanter III and IV with obvious dorsal spur. Femoral carinae on legs I and II absent. All genua with bulgy ventral transversal ridge. Juveniles with slightly foveate centrodorsal plate. Type species: Litoribates caelestis sp. nov.