Two remarkable new species of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Acacia litter of Kerala, India Arun, A. Ramani, N. Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-11 4877 3 539 558 63954 Paoli, 1908 Paoli 1908 [238,554,1354,1380] Arachnida Licneremaeidae Licneremaeus Animalia Sarcoptiformes 10 549 Arthropoda genus    Typespecies:  Notaspis licnophorus Michael, 1882.   Diagnosis.Seta rofree (fused in Hulicheremaeus). Sensillus large, with widened head. Dorsosejugal suture extending beyond interlamellar region. Notogaster areolate with 12–14 pairs of setae. Presence of 1–4 small area porosae, 5 pairs of genital setae, 2 pairs of anal setae and 2 pairs of adanal setae. Aggenital setae absent. Legs tridactylous.   Ecology.They are found to inhabit litter, soil, moss, lichens and epiphytes.   Distribution( Fig. 13). Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic, Afrotropical & Oriental regions. Hulicheremaeusis endemic to the Neotropical region (not shown in Fig. 13), but the nominal genus shows a wide distribution range except Antarctica. Nine species have been reported from the Neotropical region, of which five species were confined to this realm only. The Australian region shows only a single representation, whereas six species have been recorded from Oriental (including the new species) and Palaearctic regions.