New species of Crotonia (Acari: Oribatida) from Tasmania Rainforest, and the habitat preferences of Crotoniidae

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2027 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-54
Author(s):  
MATTHEW J. COLLOFF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Mean Annual Temperature ◽  
Frequency Of Occurrence ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Terrestrial Habitats ◽  
Closed Canopy ◽  
Arboreal Habitat ◽  
Subjective Synonym

Two new species of oribatid mite belonging to the genus Crotonia are described from tree trunks and their associated bryophytes in callidendrous rainforest, dominated by Nothofagus cunninghami, in Northeastern Tasmanian: C. tasmaniana sp. nov. and C. pyemaireneri sp. nov. Holonothrus ryszardi Łochyńska, 2008 is designated the junior subjective synonym of Crotonia ovata Olszanowski, 2000, and a supplementary description of the latter species is provided. The apparent arboreal habitat preferences of crotoniid mites are considered. In Tasmanian rainforest, the frequency of occurrence of these mites in moss on bark is higher than in terrestrial habitats, but not significantly so. High rainfall, a closed canopy, a low mean annual temperature and a consequent extensive corticolous and terricolous cover of bryophytes presents a continuum for these mites between ground and above-ground habitats.

Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Mesotritia (Acari, Oribatida, Oribotritiidae)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Huang ◽  
Shuyuan Zhang ◽  
Dong Liu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Mite Genus

The genus Mesotritia (Oribatida, Oribotritiidae) was represented by eight species in China prior to this work. In this study, two new species, Mesotritia baxoiensis sp. nov. from Tibet and Mesotritia paranitida sp. nov. from Xinjiang, are described. An identification key to Chinese species of Mesotritia is provided to facilitate the further study on this group.

Lost and found—Discovery of the presumed lost type of Arma pallipes Dallas, new synonymy and description of two new species of Podisus Herrich-Schäffer (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4958 (1) ◽  
pp. 570-584
Author(s):  
TALITA ROELL ◽  
RICARDO BRUGNERA ◽  
VALÉRIE A. LEMAÎTRE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Typical Specimen ◽  
Lost And Found ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
New Synonymy ◽  
Subjective Synonym

The presumed lost type of Arma pallipes Dallas is found and Thomas’s (1992) neotype is hereby set aside (ICZN 1999, Art. 75.8). A. pallipes is proposed as junior subjective synonym of Podisus ventralis (Dallas). A lectotype designation by inference of holotype (Gaedike 1971) is accepted for the female typical specimen of P. neniator deposited at Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (SDEI, Müncheberg, Germany) (ICZN 1999, Art. 74.6). Two new species of Podisus Herrich-Schäffer are described: Podisus graziae Brugnera, Roell & Lemaître sp. nov. and Podisus thomasi Lemaître, Roell & Brugnera sp. nov. Photographs of all types as well as of live specimens are provided. 

The genera Agathocles and Surenus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): tribal reassessment, redescription, new synonyms, and description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4958 (1) ◽  
pp. 510-559
Author(s):  
S. SALINI ◽  
PETR KMENT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Gender Agreement ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Unknown Male ◽  
Subjective Synonym

The genus Surenus Distant, 1901 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Halyini) is revisited and found to be a junior subjective synonym of the genus Agathocles Stål, 1876 (currently Pentatominae: Rolstoniellini). The genus Agathocles and its type species, Agathocles limbatus Stål, 1876, are redescribed. Lectotype of Surenus normalis Distant, 1901 (= Agathocles normalis (Distant, 1901) comb. nov.) is designated and the unknown male of the species is described. Agathocles yunnanensis Zhang & Lin, 1984, syn. nov., is considered junior subjective synonym of A. limbatus. Two new species are described: Agathocles flavipes sp. nov. from India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu) and A. joceliae sp. nov. from Malaysia (Kelantan, Perak). The new species differ from their congeners mainly by the morphology of mandibular plates, length of antennomeres I, IIa and IIb, body length, and structure of male genitalia. Agathocles dubius Distant, 1921 is transferred to the genus Caystrus Stål, 1861 (Pentatominae: Caystrini) based on examination of its holotype with the resulting new combination: Caystrus dubius (Distant, 1921), comb. nov. One new combination is proposed, Paramecocoris ruficornis (Fieber, 1851), comb. nov. (from preoccupied Paramecus Fieber, 1851), and its type locality is clarified as Tenasserim (south Myanmar). Gender agreement and authorship of the name Riazocoris niger Ahmad & Afzal, 1977 in Ahmad et al. (1977: 161) are corrected and status of its name bearing type is clarified as lectotype. The following new distribution records are given: A. limbatus from Cambodia, China (Guangxi, Tibet), Laos and Thailand, A. normalis, Caystrus obscurus (Distant, 1901a) and Critheus lineatifrons Stål, 1869 from Laos, Amasenus corticalis Stål, 1863 from Cambodia, Indonesia (E Kalimantan), Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, and Rolstoniellus boutanicus (Dallas, 1849) from Vietnam. Based on characters of external morphology and genitalia, the genus Agathocles is compared with representatives of the genera Halys Fabricius, 1803 (Halyini), Caystrus (Caystrini), Laprius Stål, 1861 (Myrocheini), and Exithemus Distant, 1902 (currently in Rolstoniellini). As a result, the genus Agathocles is here transferred to the tribe Caystrini. The genus Kyrtalus Van Duzee, 1929 is tentatively placed in Myrocheini based on the presence of sulcate mesosternum and femora provided with teeth. 

scholarly journals Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Pilobatella (Acari, Oribatida, Haplozetidae)

Acarologia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-556
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Josef Starý
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Region Versus ◽  
Medium Length ◽  
Anogenital Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Forest Leaf Litter ◽  
Mite Genus

The genus Pilobatella (Oribatida, Haplozetidae) comprises 10 species, which are distributed in the Palaeotropical region; this includes two new species described herein on the basis of adult specimens sampled from forest leaf litter in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park of eastern Madagascar. Pilobatella mikoi n. sp. is similar to Pilobatella baloghi Mahunka, 2003 in having long interlamellar setae and adanal setae ad1 and ad2, but differs by having monodactylous legs (versus tridactylous) and a bothridial seta that is gradually expanded to a narrow head (versus setiform, without head). Pilobatella kovaci n. sp. is similar to P. mikoi n. sp. in having monodactylous legs, long interlamellar setae and adanal setae ad1 and ad2, but differs by the presence of lineolate notogaster and anogenital region (versus lineolate markings absent), long tutoria (versus tutoria of medium length), rounded trochanters distodorsally (versus pointed) and clearly distanced medial ends of apodemes 2 (versus nearly touching at midline). A revised generic diagnosis and an identification key to known species of Pilobatella are presented.

scholarly journals The short-legged Andean cosmetids revisited: the genus Libitia Simon, 1879 with description of two new species (Opiliones, Cosmetidae)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Medrano ◽  
Ludson Neves de Ázara ◽  
Adriano Brilhante Kury
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Current Species ◽  
Subjective Synonym

The old genus Libitia Simon, 1879 of small Andean harvestmen is revisited. The monotypic genus Libitiella Roewer, 1947 is herein considered a junior subjective synonym of Libitia. Accordingly, Libitiella bipunctata (Sørensen, 1932) is restored to the combination Libitia bipunctata. The species Libitia cordata and Libitia bipunctata comb. nov. are redescribed and the new species Libitia gandalf sp. nov. and Libitia iguaque sp. nov. are herein described from Cordillera Oriental of Colombian Andes (Chingaza Natural Park and Iguaque Natural Park, respectively). The species Gonyleptes multimaculatus Wood 1869, currently under the synonymy of L. cordata, is revalidated and transferred to Paecilaemella Roewer, 1925 forming Paecilaemella multimaculata comb. nov., and the species Cynorta itacoaiensis H. Soares, 1970 is herein considered a junior subjective synonym of it. In addition, the second current species of the genus, Libitia fusca (Simon, 1879), is transferred to Metalibitia. Libitia is diagnosed based in genital and external morphology, an identification key of the four species and distribution maps are offered.

Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Tam Dao National Park (Northern Vietnam), with description of two new species

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Josef Stary
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
National Park ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Oribatid Mites ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Northern Vietnam ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Tam Dao National Park ◽  
First Time

The present study is based on oribatid mite material (Acari, Oribatida) collected from Tam Dao National Park (Northern Vietnam) in 1988. A list of identified taxa, including 119 species from 80 genera and 47 families, is presented; of these, 13 species (Epilohmannoides rabori, Camisia spinifer, Sadocepheus undulatus, Eremobelba flexuosa, Hammerella excisa, Suctobelbella inenodabilis, Dolicheremaeus auritus, Eupelops acromios, Protoribates genitalis, Allogalumna machadoi, Carinogalumna philippinensis, Pergalumna magnipora capillaris, Galumnella nipponica) and five genera (Epilohmannoides, Camisia, Sadocepheus, Brassiella, Carinogalumna) are recorded in the Vietnamese fauna for the first time, and two species (Tokunocepheus mizusawai, Flagellozetes (Cosmogalumna) ornatus), one genus (Tokunocepheus) and one family (Tokunocepheidae) are recorded in the Oriental region for the first time. Two new species are described: Ramusella paraarcuata sp. nov. differs from Ramusella arcuata Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp, 2012 by the larger body size, lamellar setae similar in length and thickness to interlamellar setae, the presence of two or three branches on bothridial setae, and the absence of notogastral setae c. Neoribates paragracilis sp. nov. differs from Neoribates gracilis Travé, 1972 by the larger body size, and the presence of long apex (not shorter than head) on bothridial setae.

New and interesting oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Hanoi (Northern Vietnam)

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Josef Stary
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Surface ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Oribatid Mites ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Northern Vietnam ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
The City

The present study is based on oribatid mite material (Acari, Oribatida) collected from the city of Hanoi in Northern Vietnam. A list of identified taxa, including 68 species from 49 genera and 32 families, is presented; of these, ten species (Trhypochthonius japonicus, Nothrus oblongus, Hermanniella aliverdievae, Arthrodamaeus decemsetiger, Arcoppia fenestralis orientalis, Ramusella puertomonttensis, Allosuctobelba grandis, Scheloribates elegans, Neoribates gracilis, Pergalumna corniculata) and one genus (Trhypochthonius) are recorded in the Vietnamese fauna for the first time; seven species (Xenillus selgae, Arcoppia curtipila, Cycloppia granulata, Hammerella gracilis, Allosuctobelba tricuspidata, Ceratozetoides maximus, Protoribates hakonensis) and one genus (Ceratozetoides) are recorded in the Oriental region for the first time. Two new species belonging to the genera Allosuctobelba and Oribatella are described: Allosuctobelba alexanderkhaustovi sp. nov. differs from Allosuctobelba tricuspidata tricuspidata Aoki, 1984 in the rostrum having three to four lateral teeth and very long notogastral setae positioned in two parallel rows; Oribatella pavelklimovi sp. nov. differs from Oribatella kunsti Bernini, 1972 by the granulate body surface, setiform  aggenital setae and the dorsolateral position of notogastral setae lm and lp.

Descriptions of two new species of Philodina (Rotifera, Bdelloidea), with notes on seven rare bdelloids from Korea

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4772 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-276
Author(s):  
MIN OK SONG ◽  
CHANG-HO LEE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Bdelloid Rotifers ◽  
Subspecies Level ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Terrestrial Habitats ◽  
I Gene ◽  
Rotifera Bdelloidea

A taxonomic study on bdelloid rotifers collected from various terrestrial habitats at five different locations in Korea resulted in eight new Korean records and two new species-level taxa, Philodina clypeata  n. sp. and P. verrucosa  n. sp. Among the eight new Korean records, two species- and three subspecies-level taxa are new to Asia as well. These new Korean records also include seven rare species/subspecies-level taxa with poorly known distributions. Habrotrocha gracilis quadridens Schulte and Macrotrachela zickendrahti seda Donner were rediscovered in Korea 64 and 53 years, respectively, after the original descriptions. Habrotrocha ligula aligula Burger, Macrotrachela insulana Donner, M. petulans Milne, M. pinnigera (Murray), and Philodina parvicalcar De Koning have been reported from two to three countries only including their type localities before the present study. In addition, a partial sequence of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (mtCOX1) for P. verrucosa  n. sp. as well as a taxonomic key for the Philodina species recorded from Korea to date are also provided here. 

New data on ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Oriental region, with descriptions of two new species

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 444-458
Author(s):  
Wojciech Niedbała ◽  
Sergey G. Ermilov
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

The present study is based on ptyctimous oribatid mite material collected from the Oriental region (Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Macau Peninsula, Taiwan). A list of identified taxa, including 33 species from 15 genera and six families, is presented. Two new species, Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) insperatus Niedbała sp. nov. (Euphthiracaridae) from Indonesia and Hoplophthiracarus paraconcinuus Niedbała sp. nov. (Steganacaridae) from Malaysia are described. Morphological additions to Mesoplophora (Parplophora) brevicarinata, Acrotritia ardua, A. paraardua, A. sterigma, Plonaphacarus kugohi, and P. protrusus are presented. Deuto- and tritonymph of Apoplophora phalerata are described. Mesoplophora (Parplophora) flavida and Indotritia (Indotritia) krakatauensis are recorded for the first time in Sri Lanka, Austrotritia robusta, Sabahtritia sarawak and Phthiracarus pygmaeus in Indonesia, Microtritia minima, Atropacarus (Atropacarus) striculus, Plonaphacarus foveolatus, and P. protrusus in Taiwan. Acrotritia mahunkai and A. paraardua are recorded for the first time in the Oriental region.

A review of Mesotritia (Acari: Oribatida: Oribotritiidae) in China, with descriptions of two new species and a checklist of known taxa

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2479 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
DONG LIU ◽  
JUN CHEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Mite Genus

The oribatid mite genus Mesotritia Forsslund, 1963 (Oribotritiidae) is reviewed. Five species of Mesotritia including two new species, Mesotritia bicarinata sp. nov. and Mesotritia serrata sp. nov., and three newly recorded species from China, M. maerkeli Sheals, 1965, M. nuda (Berlese, 1887) and M. okuyamai Aoki, 1980, are identified. A checklist of all known species and a key to the Chinese species of this genus are provided.

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