Redescriptions of North American Epidamaeus (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae) species proposed by N. Banks, H.E. Ewing, A.P. Jacot, and J.W. Wilson

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5021 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-65
Author(s):  
ROY A. NORTON ◽  
SERGEY G. ERMILOV
Keyword(s):  
New Hampshire ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Early American ◽  
Eastern Usa ◽  
Diagnostic Key ◽  
First Time ◽  
Mite Genus ◽  
Subjective Synonym

Early American acarologists proposed several species that have been recombined to the oribatid mite genus Epidamaeus (Damaeidae), but none has been redescribed to modern standards. These include E. puritanicus (Banks, 1906), E. michaeli (Ewing, 1909), E. globifer (Ewing, 1913), E. florida (Wilson, 1936), E. olitor (Jacot, 1937), and E. craigheadi (Jacot, 1939). We redescribe and illustrate these species, based on available type specimens and other material in various collections, and give an indication of their overall distributions. Juvenile instars are at least partly described for all except E. florida and E. olitor. Since these six collectively include the most encountered Epidamaeus species in the eastern USA, a diagnostic key is presented that also includes E. arcticola (Hammer, 1952), which is reliably recorded from eastern North America (New Hampshire) for the first time. A neotype is selected for E. michaeli, which is considered a senior subjective synonym of E. canadensis (Banks, 1909) [new syn.]. Synonymy of E. puritanicus with E. grandjeani (Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1957) is rejected.  

Scapheremaeus rodickae n. sp. (Acari: Oribatida: Cymbaeremaeidae) associated with temporary rock pools in Georgia, with key to Scapheremaeus species in eastern USA and Canada

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2393 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROY A. NORTON ◽  
ELIZABETH FRANKLIN ◽  
D. A. CROSSLEY, JR.
Keyword(s):  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Rock Pools ◽  
Eastern Usa ◽  
Diagnostic Key ◽  
Shallow Soils ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
European Populations ◽  
Subjective Synonym

A new and apparently endemic oribatid mite—Scapheremaeus rodickae n. sp. (Cymbaeremaeidae)—is described based on adult specimens collected from mosses (Grimmia laevigata) growing on shallow soils in weathering depressions (rock pools) on granitic outcrops of the Georgia (USA) Piedmont. Scapheremaeus marginalis (Banks) is considered a senior subjective synonym of Scapheremaeus marmoratus (Berlese). A diagnostic key to the five currently recognized species of Scapheremaeus known from the eastern USA and Canada is presented, as are new distribution records. Scapheremaeus palustris (Sellnick) is the most common and widely distributed species in this region and is the only Scapheremaeus species known to have a trans-Atlantic distribution; European populations have a slightly different prodorsal microsculpture.

MYCOBATES (ACARI: ORIBATIDA: MYCOBATIDAE) OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO

1994 ◽  
Vol 126 (6) ◽  
pp. 1301-1361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Diagnostic Key ◽  
Mite Genus ◽  
Subjective Synonym

AbstractMorphology, distribution, and habitat data are presented for the known species of the oribatid mite genus Mycobates of America, north of Mexico. A revised generic diagnosis is given, and 11 new species are proposed and described on the basis of adults: M. altus, M. azaleos, M. beringianus, M. brevilamellatus, M. dryas, M. exigualis, M. hammerae, M. hylaeus, M. occidentalis, M. perates, and M. yukonensis. Three species proposed by Marie Hammer are redescribed, M. conitus, M. incurvatus, and M. punctatus, and a lectotype is designated for M. punctatus. Mycobates consimilis Hammer is considered a junior subjective synonym of M. sarekensis Trägårdh. Distribution maps are presented for these species and a diagnostic key is given to adults of species of Mycobates recorded from America, north of Mexico. Mycobates is species rich in dry arctic, subarctic, and alpine microhabitats of the Nearctic, Palearctic, and Neotropical regions. At temperate latitudes species often are arboreal, associated with moss and lichens on tree trunks.

Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Ocesobates (Acari, Oribatida, Chamobatidae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 768
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Jhih-Rong Liao
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Mite Genus ◽  
Subjective Synonym

Ocesobates (Oribatida, Chamobatidae) is recorded in the Oriental region for the first time; a new species of this genus is described from soil, ferns, lichens and gramineous weeds of Taiwan. Ocesobates ziweiensis sp. nov. differs from other Ocesobates-species by the presence of translamella (versus translamella absent). A revised generic diagnosis and an identification key to known species of Ocesobates are presented. Ocesobates bregetovae Shaldybina, 1974 is proposed as a junior subjective synonym of Ocesobates boedvarssoni (Sellnick, 1974). Ocesobates galaicus Subías & Shtanchaeva, 2012 is moved to the genus Globozetes Sellnick, 1928.

Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Leptotocepheus (Acari, Oribatida, Otocepheidae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 2269
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Maria Minor
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
First Time ◽  
Australasian Region ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Mite Genus

The otocepheid oribatid mite genus Leptotocepheus Balogh, 1961 is recorded in the Australasian region for the first time. The taxonomic status of the genera Leptotocepheus Balogh, 1961 and Longocepheus Balogh & Mahunka,1966 is discussed, resulting in the recognition of Longocepheus as a subgenus (stat. nov.) of Leptotocepheus and the following recombinations: Leptotocepheus (Longocepheus) australis (Balogh & Mahunka, 1966) comb. nov., Leptotocepheus (Longocepheus) globosus (Grobler, 1995) comb. nov., Leptotocepheus (Longocepheus) longus (Balogh, 1961) comb. nov., Leptotocepheus (Longocepheus) youngai (Mahunka, 1984) comb. nov. A new species of Leptotocepheus (Longocepheus) is described from New Zealand, Leptotocepheus (Longocepheus) neozealandicus sp. nov., which differs from other species of the subgenus by the presence of short, slightly developed prodorsal costulae. Revised generic and subgeneric diagnoses, an identification key and distributions for the known taxa of Leptotocepheus are presented.

Oribatella (Acari, Oribatida, Oribatellidae) of eastern North America

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2973 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
VALERIE M. BEHAN-PELLETIER
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Mite Genus

The oribatid mite genus Oribatella (Oribatellidae) includes 107 species worldwide, with 13 species reported for eastern North America. Herein, I describe six new Oribatella species from eastern North America: O. flagellata sp. nov., O. jacoti sp. nov., O. nortoni sp. nov., O. metzi sp. nov., O. texana sp. nov., and O. transtriata sp. nov. Oribatella metzi and O. nortoni are described on the basis of adults and immatures. The deutonymph and tritonymph of O. metzi lack dorsocentral setae dm and dp, and the diagnosis of the genus is expanded to accommodate these newly described immatures, and also newly described adult characters. I provide expanded, detailed diagnoses for previously described species of eastern North America: Oribatella arctica Thor, 1930, O. brevicornuta Jacot, 1934, O. dentaticuspis Ewing, 1910, O. gigantea Berlese, 1916, O. mediocris Berlese, 1916, O. minuta Banks, 1896, O. plummeri Jacot, 1934, O. pusilla Berlese, 1916, O. quadridentata Banks, 1895, O. reticulata Berlese, 1916, O. reticulatoides Hammer, 1955 and provide new distribution records where available. I question the specific status of O. extensa Jacot, 1934, and consider records of O. sexdentata Berlese, 1916 from eastern North America to be doubtful. Oribatella quadricornuta (Michael, 1880) is confirmed to occur in eastern Canada. Finally, I give a key to adults of the 18 species of Oribatella now known from eastern North America.

THE SEMIAQUATIC GENUS TEGEOCRANELLUS (ACARI: ORIBATIDA: AMERONOTHROIDEA) OF NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

1997 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 537-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
The Other ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Character Analysis ◽  
First Time ◽  
Mite Genus

AbstractSpecies of the oribatid mite genus Tegeocranellus from North and Central America are discussed, and immatures are described for the first time. Six new species are described and keyed: Tegeocranellus alas from Costa Rica, T. barbarae from Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida, T. kethleyi from Alabama and Mississippi, T. mississippii from Louisiana and Texas, T. muscorum known from Ontario to Florida, and T. mediolamellatus from Guatemala. Descriptions of T. alas, T. barbarae, T. mediolamellatus, and T. muscorum are based on adults and immatures, and those of the other two species on adults only. I expand the generic diagnosis to include information on the apheredermous, plicate immatures, and present a character analysis hypothesizing that the monogeneric family Tegeocranellidae is a member of the Ameronothroidea, closely related to Selenoribatidae and Fortuyniidae.

Systematic relationships of Propelops, with a modification of family-group taxa in Phenopelopoidea (Acari: Oribatida)

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (10) ◽  
pp. 2370-2383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy A. Norton ◽  
Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Family Group ◽  
Coniferous Forests ◽  
Phylogenetic Systematics ◽  
The Family ◽  
Systematic Relationships ◽  
Mite Genus ◽  
Subjective Synonym

Relationships of the oribatid mite genus Propelops, whose members are common in the litter of North American coniferous forests, are assessed using the principles of phylogenetic systematics; characters of both adults and newly discovered immatures are analyzed. The closest relatives of Propelops are among the Phenopelopidae (despite the lack of specialized mouthparts previously used to characterize the family) rather than the Ceratozetidae, as commonly suggested. A new phenopelopid subfamily, Propelopinae, is proposed to include Propelops. The phenopelopid genus Tectopelops Jacot, 1929 is considered a junior subjective synonym of Eupelops Ewing, 1917. Unduloribatidae, most commonly included among the Oribatelloidea, is transferred to the Phenopelopoidea, and new diagnoses are presented for all phenopelopoid family-group taxa.

scholarly journals TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GENUS GEPHYRAZETES (ACARI, ORIBATIDA, MOCHLOZETIDAE)

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Josef Starý
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
National Park ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Distribution And Ecology ◽  
Ethiopian Region ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species ◽  
Mite Genus

The oribatid mite genus Gephyrazetes (Oribatida, Mochlozetidae) is recorded for the first time in the Ethiopian region; one new species is described from soil and litter of Korup National Park in Cameroon. Gephyrazetes umukusumae sp. nov. differs from G. fasciatus Hirauchi, 1999 by the larger body size, truncate lamellar cusps, setiform bothridial setae, very small notogastral porose areas, paraanal position of adanal lyrifissures, presence of four pairs of genital setae and tuberculate lateral parts of prodorsum, and absence of dorsosejugal and sublamellar porose areas. Revised generic diagnosis and the data on distribution and ecology of Gephyrazetes species are presented.

scholarly journals Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Kalloia (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae), with description of a new species from Indonesia

Acarologia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-334
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Dorothee Sandmann ◽  
Stefan Scheu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Transverse Ridge ◽  
Generic Status ◽  
Jungle Rubber ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Mite Genus

The genus Kalloia (Oribatida, Carabodidae) is recorded in the Oriental region for the first time. A new species — Kalloia gerdweigmanni n. sp. — is described from litter of oil palm plantations and jungle rubber agroforests from Sumatra, Indonesia. It differs from Kalloia simpliseta Mahunka, 1985 by the presence of a transverse ridge in the mediodistal part of the lamellae, translamella and two thick, diagonal, convergent ridges forming a triangular structure in the medioanterior part of the notogaster, and by the localization of notogastral setae da, dm, la, lm, lp and h1. The generic status of Kalloia is discussed and supported. Kalloia mahunkai Pérez-Íñigo and Baggio, 1989 and Machadocepheus foveolatus Mahunka, 1978, which were considered representatives of Kalloia, are removed from this genus and combined preliminarily in Gibbicepheus. Revised generic diagnosis and data on ecology and distribution of known species of Kalloia are presented.

scholarly journals TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GENUS SADOCEPHEUS (ACARI, ORIBATIDA, COMPACTOZETIDAE)

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 28-36
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Leonila Corpuz-Raros
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Distribution And Ecology ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species ◽  
Mite Genus

The oribatid mite genus Sadocepheus Aoki, 1965 is recorded for the first time from the Philippines; one new species is described from the leaf litter of secondary forest in Mindanao Island. Sadocepheus donvictorianoensis Ermilov & Corpuz-Raros sp. nov. differs from the most similar species, S. elevatus Mahunka, 1987 by the larger body size, long medial and short lateral teeth of the lamellae and shorter adanal setae. Revised generic diagnosis and the data on distribution and ecology of Sadocepheus species are presented.   

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