CARABODES OF THE EASTERN UNITED-STATES AND ADJACENT CANADA (ACARI, ORIBATIDA, CARABODIDAE)

Adults of four new species of Carabodes, C. chandleri, C. erectus, C. interruptus, and C. pentasetosus, and the immatures of C erectus, are described. All have been collected from a variety of forest-floor habitats, with C. chandleri, C. interruptus, and C. pentasetosus more common in leaf litter, and C erectus preferring polyporous fungi. All four species are widely distributed in eastern North America, with C chandleri, C erectus, and C interruptus more abundant in samples from the Appalachian Mountains and C pentasetosus in those from the Atlantic coastal plain. Thelytokous parthenogenesis is suspected to occur in C. pentasetosus n.sp. and Carabodes granulatus Banks. A key to the 19 species of Carabodes found in North America is provided.