ABSTRACT We found four species of oribatid mites belonging to the genus Protoribates from Babeldaob Island of Palau Republic, which is an island country located in the western Pacific Ocean. A new species, Protoribates lutosisetosus sp. nov. is described from litter and soil of the primary and secondary forests in Palau, and supplementary descriptions of three hitherto known species, Protoribates acutus, Protoribates paracapucinus, and Protoribates seminudus are provided. Following the descriptions and comparisons, aspects of the taxonomy, distribution, and habitat ecology of all studied species are discussed. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5D27105E-EA22-4909-8A16-16836F8FF41D

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来自帕劳 Babeldaob 岛的一种新的鲜为人知的 Protoribates（Acari：Oribatida：Haplozetidae）

摘要 我们在位于西太平洋的岛国帕劳共和国的巴贝尔道布岛发现了 4 种属于原虫属的 oribatid 螨类。一个新物种，Protoribates lutosisetosus sp。十一月 描述了帕劳原生林和次生林的凋落物和土壤，并提供了三种迄今为止已知的物种 Protoribates acutus、Protoribates paracapucinus 和 Protoribates seminudus 的补充描述。在描述和比较之后，讨论了所有研究物种的分类、分布和栖息地生态学方面。http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5D27105E-EA22-4909-8A16-16836F8FF41D