title: The genus Lepidozetes Berlese, 1910 (Acari: Oribatida: Tegoribatidae) in Europe with description of a new species.
abstract: The type species of the genus Lepidozetes singularis Berlese, 1910, is redescribed, using fresh material from Italy, Switzerland and Germany. Mounted specimens from museums were compared: microscope slides of the type series of Berlese (deposited in Florence) and of the Willmann-collection (deposited in Munich). The controversial question of the validity of Lepidozetes conjunctus Schweizer, 1922, is reconsidered using the single original material from Schweizer, a microscope slide with the type specimen. This study confirms that L. conjunctus should be considered a junior synonym of L. singularis. A new species of the genus, Lepidozetes bavaricus n. sp., is described. This second European species was collected in Southern Germany (Altmühltal, Bavaria) in a valley slope with extreme sun-exposure.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Free University Berlin, Koenigin-Luise-Str 1-3, D-14195 Berlin, Germany. weigmann@zedat.fu-berlin.de
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weigmann
mesh_terms: D000053:Acari / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D013557:Switzerland