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 Genus Licneremaeus Paoli, 1908 Type species: Notaspis licnophorus Michael, 1882 . Diagnosis. Seta ro free (fused in Hulicheremaeus ). Sensillus large, with widened head. Dorsosejugal suture extending beyond interlamellar region. Notogaster areolate with 12–14 pairs of setae. Presence of 1–4 small area porosae, 5 pairs of genital setae, 2 pairs of anal setae and 2 pairs of adanal setae. Aggenital setae absent. Legs tridactylous. Ecology. They are found to inhabit litter, soil, moss, lichens and epiphytes. Distribution ( Fig. 13 ). Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic, Afrotropical & Oriental regions. Hulicheremaeus is endemic to the Neotropical region (not shown in Fig. 13 ), but the nominal genus shows a wide distribution range except Antarctica . Nine species have been reported from the Neotropical region, of which five species were confined to this realm only. The Australian region shows only a single representation, whereas six species have been recorded from Oriental (including the new species) and Palaearctic regions.