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

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.

Author(s):  
Min Huang ◽  
Shuyuan Zhang ◽  
Dong Liu

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.


Acarologia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-556
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Josef Starý

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.


2004 ◽  
Vol 136 (6) ◽  
pp. 793-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Chen ◽  
Roy A. Norton ◽  
Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier ◽  
Hui-Fu Wang

AbstractMorphology, distribution, and habitat data are presented for three species of the oribatid mite genus Gymnodampia Jacot occurring in North America. A revised generic diagnosis is given and the type species Gymnodampia setata (Berlese) is redescribed based on topotypic material from Missouri. Immatures of G. setata are described and aspects of their biology are presented. Two new species from North America, G. jacotisp. nov. and G. lindquistisp. nov., are proposed and described on the basis of adults, and a key is given for North American species of Gymnodampia. The ameroid genera Cristamerus Hammer, from Pakistan and China, and Defectamerus Aoki, from Japan, Korea, and China, are considered junior synonyms of Gymnodampia, and G. conformis (Fujikawa) is considered a junior synonym of G. fusca (Fujikawa). Immatures of G. setata are apheredermous, but with a circular line of dehiscence, whereas known immatures of the superfamily Ameroidea are eupheredermous. Nonetheless, without convincing apomorphic traits linking Gymnodampia to any known apheredermous family of Brachypylina, we hypothesize that Gymnodampia has lost the eupheredermy characteristic of Ameroidea, and we place it in the family Ameridae on the basis of adult similarities.


Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3170 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
MARUT FUANGARWORN ◽  
CHARIYA LEKPRAYOON

The oribatid mite genus Nothrolohmannia Balogh is reported for the first time from mainland Asia, represented by twonew species from Thailand: N. thailandica sp. nov. and N. flagellata sp. nov. They are described and illustrated based onadult specimens from leaf litter of seasonal dry tropical forests. Nothrolohmannia thailandica sp. nov. is recognized byhaving two large, elongate, adjacent unpaired notogastral porose areas between setal pairs c1–d1; a pectinate sensilluswithout hyaline coating; relatively short notogastral setae: seta c1 does not exceed distance between c1–d1, and setae e1–2 are about half the length of other dorsal setae; uniformly simple epimeral setae; a short posterior sternal apodeme; het-eromorphic genital setae; and three pairs of adanal setae. Nothrolohmannia flagellata sp. nov. is unique among its conge-ners in having curly, flagellate setae on the body and legs. A key to the five known species of the genus, all from the Oriental and Australasian Realms, is presented.


Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4830 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-355
Author(s):  
SERGEY G. ERMILOV

The genus Eutegaeus (Oribatida, Eutegaeidae) comprises 13 species, which are distributed in the Australian, Neotropical and Antarctic regions; of these, two new species are described from litter in the relictual Valdivian forest of Chile. Eutegaeus parapapuaensis sp. nov. (description based on the adult and tritonymph) differs from Eutegaeus papuensis Aoki, 1964 by the absence of translamella, interbothridial tubercles, notogastral setae h3 and epimeral setae 3a. Eutegaeus paralagrecai sp. nov. (description based on the adult and proto-, deuto- and tritonymph) differs from Eutegaeus lagrecai Arcidiacono, 1993 by the presence of lanceolate bothridial setae and long notogastral setae p1, and the absence of striate ornamentation on the notogaster. A revised generic diagnosis and an identification key to known species of Eutegaeus are presented. Nymphs of Eutegaeus and related genera in Eutegaeoidea are compared. 


2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Ladislav Miko ◽  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Leonila Corpuz-Raros

The oribatid mite genus Eurhynchoribates (Oribatida, Rhynchoribatidae) is recorded in the Philippines for the first time. Two new species are described from litter and soil of secondary forests. Eurhynchoribates samarensis sp. nov. differs from all species of the genus by the presence of 14 pairs of notogastral setae, and is designated as type species of the new subgenus Orinchobates subgen. nov. Eurhynchoribates (Eurhynchoribates) misamisensis sp. nov. is morphologically similar to E. (Eurhynchoribates) obtusus (Mahunka, 1985), but differs by the smaller body size, rostral setae clearly longer than lamellar setae, all barbed, and the presence of two transverse ridges between antero-lateral concavities on the prodorsum. The inclusion of Eurhynchoribates orientalis (Balogh, 1970) in the subgenus Orinchobates is proposed. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2144 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
DONG LIU ◽  
JUN CHEN ◽  
GEXIA QIAO

The oribatid mite genus Austrotritia Sellnick, 1959 (Oribotritiidae) is reviewed. Two new species, Austrotritia didyma sp. nov. and Austrotritia fissurata sp. nov., and one newly recorded species from China, Austrotritia saraburiensis Aoki, 1965, are identified. A checklist of all known species and key to the Chinese species of Austrotritia are provided.


Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2521 (1) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARUT FUANGARWORN

The enarthronote oribatid mite genus Phyllochthonius Travé, 1967 (Acari: Oribatida: Phyllochthoniidae) is recorded from Thailand for the first time. Two new species, Phyllochthonius ovatosetosus n. sp. collected from sandy soil in a riparian habitat and Phyllochthonius peniculus n. sp. collected from leaf-litter on the forest floor, are described based on adults and all immature instars, and on only the adult specimen respectively. The genus is rediagnosed and a key to the three currently known species is provided.


Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4786 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-144
Author(s):  
DONG LIU

Two new species of oribatid mite family Steganacaridae, Austrophthiracarus paralongisetosus sp. nov. collected from Sichuan Province, and Austrophthiracarus bacilliformis sp. nov. collected from Heilongjiang Province, are described and illustrated. A key to all known Chinese species of Austrophthiracarus is proposed to facilitate further identification of this group. 


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