Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Similobates Mahunka 1982 (Acari, Oribatida, Scheloribatidae)
A new species of Similobates (Oribatida, Scheloribatidae) is described from Cameroon. Similobates staryi sp. n. differs from S. deficiens (Wallwork 1977) and S. demetororum Mahunka 1982 in distinctive morphological traits, e.g., body surface, structure of rostrum, presence of translamellar line, structure and length of bothridial setae, localization of bothridia, as well as lengths of notogastral setae p<sub>1</sub> and adanal setae ad<sub>1</sub> and ad<sub>2</sub>. A revised generic diagnosis of, an identification key to, and data on the distribution and ecology of the representatives of Similobates are provided.