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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-34532021000100601</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/ib.20078706e.2021.92.3310</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Una especie nueva de Protobelba (Acari: Oribatei: Damaeidae) de Costa Rica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[A new species of Protobelba (Acari: Oribatei: Damaeidae) from Costa Rica]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Palacios-Vargas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José G.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortega]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cesáreo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Iglesias]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Ciencias Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>92</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532021000100601&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532021000100601&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532021000100601&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En este trabajo se describe e ilustra a Protobelba retanai sp. nov. con ejemplares procedentes de Costa Rica. Esta es la segunda especie del género Protobelba en el mundo y la primera para Costa Rica. La especie nueva se caracteriza por tener espina adnata presente; sensilo atenuado con fina barbulación en el tercio distal; quetotaxia epimeral 3-1-3-4; en la placa genital, sedas g3 y g5 desplazadas lateralmente, y fémur de la pata III con 5 sedas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This paper describes and illustrates Protobelba retanai sp. nov. with specimens from Costa Rica. This is the second species of the Protobelba genus in the world and the first one described for Costa Rica. It presents spine adnata; sensillum attenuated with fine barbulation in the distal third; epimeral quetotaxia 3-1-3-4; in the genital plate, setae g3 and g5 are displaced laterally, and femur of leg III with 5 setae.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Taxonomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Centro América]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Quetotaxia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Taxonomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Central America]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Chaetotaxy]]></kwd>
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