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2. 2-2. 3 times ventral body length. Femur IV 2. 4-2. 5 times length of trochanter IV. Typical setal formula as follows: legi, l-7-4(l)-4(2)-20(2); leg II, l-6-4(l)-6(l)-17(2); leg III, 2-4-3 (1)-4(1)-17; leg IV, l-4-3-3(l)-14. Femora I and II may lack one ventral seta. Tibia II usually with an accessory ventral seta posterior to y"; occasionally absent (5 setae present). Remarks. The recently described genus Dyobelba has about a dozen species (mostly undescribed) in North America. Dyobelba armata is one of the two Latin American species referred to in a previous paper (Norton 1979a). No other known Dyobelba species have these peculiar notogastral setae, irregularly granulate integument or accessory ventral setae on tibia II. Material examined. Holotype and two paratypes from sample 17. Seven additional paratypes from samples 19, 20, 23 and 24. LITERATURE ANDRÁSSY, I., J. BALOGH, I. LOKSA, S. MAHUNKA and A. ZICSI (1965): The Scientific Results of the Hungarian Soil Zoological Expedition to Chile, Argentina and Brasil. 1. Report on the Collectings - Fol. Ent. Hung., 20: 247-296. BALOGH, J. and S. MAHUNKA (1969a): The scientific results of the Hungarian soil zoological expeditions to South America 10. Acari: oribatids, collected by the second expedition. I. - Acta Zool. Acad. Sei. Hung., 15: 1-21. BALOGH, J. and S. MAHUNKA (1969b): The zoological results of the Hungarian soil zoological expeditions to South America 11. Acari: oribatids from the material of the second expedition. II. - Opusc. Zool. Budapest,9: 31-69. NORTON, R.A. (1979a): Aspects of the biogeography of Damaeidae, sensu latu (Acari: Oribatei), with emphasis on North America. - Proc. Vth Int. Congr. Acarology, East Lansing, 19 78. (IN PRESS). NORTON, R.A. (1979b): Generic concepts in the Damaeidae (Acari: Oribatei) I. New taxa based on the species of Nathan Banks. - Acarologia £!0 (4). (IN PRESS). TRAVÉ, J. and M. VACHON (1975): Francois Grandjean, 1882-1975 (Notice biographique et bibliographique). - Acarologia, 17: 1-19. Author' s address: Dr. R.A. NORTON State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, New York 13210 U. S.A.
