S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 64. (Budapest, 2003)

Deraiophorus belabanellaensis sp. n. (Figs 8-11) Diagnosis - Horseshoe-shaped appendage small, dorsal, ventral and marginal shield with rounded ornamentation, genital shield shield-shaped, three large bulges on the lateral part of marginal shield, but the second bulge smaller, than the other. Description - Female: Length of idiosoma 880 urn, width 630-670 urn, trian­gular. Male, deuteronymph, protonymph, larva unknown. Dorsal side (Fig. 8): All dorsal setae long and smooth. Dorsal shield with rounded ornamentation. Anterior part of dorsal shield with a horseshoe-shaped ap­pendage, with several long, smooth setae (all setae not clearly visible). Marginal shield with rounded ornamentation. Postdorsal shield with one pair of setae and without ornamentation. Ventral side (Fig. 9): Ventral shield with rounded ornamentation. All sternal setae needle-like. Ventral and ventroanal setae smooth and needle-like, but ventroanal setae longer than ventral setae. Genital shield between 2 and 4 coxa and shield-like. Gnathosoma (Fig. 10) Corniculae horn-like, anterior part of lacininae di­vided. Ventral side of gnathosoma with 4 pairs of coxal setae. CI long, wide, ligamentary, C2 needle-like, smooth and long, C3 needle-like, serrated and long C4 short, distaly serrated. Base of tritosternum with two spines, lacininae trifurcated and serrated (Fig. 11). Chelicera long, with nodus. Material examined - Holotype: female, Indonesia, Bukit Baka-Bukit Raya National Park, Bélá­ban Ella, rainforest, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, from soil, 20.12.2002, 00°37.51'S 112°14.54'E, paratypes: 2 females, date and locality same as holotype. The material is stored in alcohol and deposited in the Pedozoological Collections of the Hun­garian Natural History Museum. Etymology - This species is named after the village of its origin. REFERENCES Hiramatsu, N. (1982) Vier neue Deraiophorus-Arten (Acari: Uropodidae) aus Borneo. - Kontyu, Tokio 50(3): 377-389. Hirschmann, W. (1973) Adulten-Gruppen, Rumpfgestalt- und Rückenflächenbestimmungstabelle von 36 Deraiophorus-Arten. - Acarologie 19: 56-60. Hirschmann, W. (1990) Die Hexacornutus - Gruppe der Ganggatung Deraiophorus G. Canestrini 1897 (Dinichini, Uropodinae). - Acarologie 37: 99-109.

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