Material and methods Soil sample were collected by soil-corer and afterwards extracted using Tullgren funnels. Measurements and descriptions are based on specimens mounted in temporary cavity slides and studied using a light microscope equipped with a drawing tube. All body measurements are presented in micrometers. The body length was measured in lateral view, from the tip of the rostrum to the posterior edge of the ventral plate, to avoid discrepancies caused by different degrees of notogastral distension. Notogastral width refers to the maximum width in dorsal aspect. Lengths of body setae were measured in lateral aspect. Formulas for leg setation are given in parentheses according to the sequence trochanter-femur-genu-tibia-tarsus (famulus included).
One new species in the genus Eremobelba Berlese, 1908, extracted from soil, is described from Liaoning Province, China: Eremobelba eharai sp. nov. The new species is similar to E.japonica Aoki, 1959 but differs from the latter by the following. This new species is yellow and covered by shallow ornamentation, while E. japonica is brown and covered by strong ornamentation. The new species epimeral chaetotaxy is 2-1-3-3, epimeral setae are simple or bear long branches, while in E. japonica the epimeral chaetotaxy is 2-1-3-2 and all epimeral setae bearing long branches. The new species length of prodorsal setae is in 〈 ro 〈 le, while in E. japonica the length of the prodorsal setae is le 〈 ro 〈 in. In this new species, ventral setae show different types, simple or bearing 2-4 long branches at the basis, while in E. japonica the ventral setae are all simple.