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Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia. .
Zootaxa. 2021 Dec 30;5086(1):69-89. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5086.1.7.
Although the juvenile instars of oribatid mite subfamily Sphaerozetinae is well known compared to the other subfamilies of Ceratozetidae (Ceratozetinae and Trichoribatinae), information on morphological ontogeny of some species is still incomplete. Herein, Melanozetes paramollicomus sp. nov. is proposed from Ethiopia, based on adult and juvenile instars. Additionally, comparative analysis of ontogenetic instars of species belonging various genera of Sphaerozetinae with known juveniles, is given, and the major characteristics of juvenile instars of 20 species are presented.
虽然与 Ceratozetidae 科的其他亚科（Ceratozetinae 和 Trichoribatinae）相比，球甲螨亚科的幼年螨期已经得到了很好的研究，但某些物种的形态发生学信息仍然不完整。本文根据成虫和幼螨，提出了来自埃塞俄比亚的 Melanozetes paramollicomus sp. nov.。此外，还对具有已知幼螨的各种球甲螨属种的个体发生阶段进行了比较分析，并提出了 20 种幼螨的主要特征。
