A new species of the genus basilobelba (acari, oribatei) from calcutta, india

Abstract

This paper contains the description of one new species of the genus Basilobelba Balogh, 1958. Authors while collecting oribatid mites from Calcutta and suburbs came across a species belonging to the genus Basilobelba Balogh, 1958. The genus has not been reported from India before and the species which is described here appears new to science. The type species is deposited in the collection of Entomology Laboratory, Calcutta University. © 1974, Arachnological Society of Japan. All rights reserved.