title: Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Southern Vietnam with descriptions of three new species.
abstract: An annotated checklist of ptyctimous mite taxa from Southern Vietnam, including 18 species, 11 genera and seven families, is provided. Three new species.-Apoplophora minuscula Niedbała sp. nov., Acrotritia proxima Niedbała sp. nov. and Sabahtritia dongnaiensis Niedbała sp. nov.-are described. Some remarks on descriptions of Vietnamese Apoplophora pantotrema (Berlese, 1913) and Arphthiracarus tubulus (Hammer, 1972) are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań,; Email: wojciech.niedbala@amu.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Niedbała
authors.affiliation: Phytosanitary Department, Nizhniy Novgorod Referral Сenter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection, Gagarin 97, 603107 Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia; Email: ermilovacari@yandex.ru.
authors.forename: Sergey G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Ermilov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D009758:Nymph / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development; D014744:Vietnam