TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Oribatid mite fossils from pre-Quaternary sediments in Slovenian caves III. Two new species of Dissorhina (Oppiidae) from the Pliocene VL - 55 IS - 4 SP - 449 EP - 457 PY - 2015 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Miko, L. UR - https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20152184 DO - 10.1051/acarologia/20152184 DA - 2015-12-18 ET - 2015-12-18 KW - Fossil oribatid mites KW - Pliocene sediments KW - Slovenian Classical Karst (Kras) KW - Trhlovca cave AB - Two new fossil species of the extant genus Dissorhina Hull, 1916 (Oribatida, Oppiidae) are described from Pliocene clastic sediments in Trhlovca cave of the Slovenian Classical Karst (Kras): Dissorhina paleokrasica n. sp. and Dissorhina nuda n. sp.. Diagnoses of both new species are given on the basis of detailed study of few damaged adult individuals obtained by sieving. Relationships to recent species of the genus and the possible importance of the Balkan Peninsula for the speciation of Dissorhina are discussed. ER -