Published December 31, 2011 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Euphthiracarus Ewing 1917

Description

Euphthiracarus Ewing, 1917

Euphthiracarus Ewing, 1917: 125; Jacot, 1930: 248; Märkel, 1964: 63; Walker, 1965:37; Aoki, 1980: 10; Balogh & Mahunka, 1983: 174; Marshall, Reeves & Norton, 1987: 69; Mahunka, 1990: 59; Niedbała, 1998: 70; 2000: 135; 2001a, 299; 2001b: 86; 2002: 44; 2004: 39; 2006: 18.

Pseudotritia Willmann, 1919: 552; Märkel & Meyer, 1959: 329; Märkel, 1964: 55.

Euphthiracarus (Euphthiracarus) Märkel, 1964: 66.

Euphthiracarus (Brasiliotritia) Märkel, 1964: 66; Mahunka, 1990: 59; Niedbała, 2004, 39.

Pocsia Mahunka, 1983: 155.

Euphthiracarus (Pocsia): Niedbała, 1998: 51.

Niedbalaia Mahunka, 1999: 74; Niedbała, 2001b: 86.

Type species: Phthiracarus flavus Ewing, 1908

Diagnosis. The diagnosis for Euphthiracarus is mainly according to Niedbała (2006), except one modification: median carina present or absent.

Distribution. Cosmopolitan distribution except Antarctic region.

Other

Published as part of Liu, Dong, Wu, Donghui & Chen, Jun, 2011, Species of Euphthiracarus (Acari: Oribatida: Euphthiracaridae) from China, pp. 45-61 in Zootaxa 2752 on page 46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276680

Files

Files (1.5 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:f8f5d54715ebdd4d0f814e6cafb83e88
1.5 kB Download

System files (17.2 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:e3af036dcdadee38f51704e69ff1f659
17.2 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Euphthiracaridae
Genus
Euphthiracarus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Ewing
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Euphthiracarus Ewing, 1917 sec. Liu, Wu & Chen, 2011

References

  • Ewing, H. E. (1917) A synopsis of the genera of beetle mites with special reference to the North. American fauna. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 10 (2), 117 - 132.
  • Jacot, A. P. (1930) Oribatid mites of the subfamily Phthiracarinae of the northeastern United States. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 39, 209 - 261.
  • Markel, K. (1964) Die Euphthiracaridae Jacot, 1930, und ihre Gattungen (Acari, Oribatei). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 67, 1 - 78.
  • Walker, N. A. (1965) Euphthiracaroidea of California sequoia litter: with a reclassification of the families and genera of the world (Acarina: Oribatei). Fort Hays Studies - New Series, Science Series, 3, 1 - 154.
  • Aoki, J. (1980) A revision of the oribatid mites of Japan. II. The family Euphthiracaridae. Acta Arachnologica, 39 (1), 9 - 24. Aoki, J. (1984) New and unrecorded oribatid mites from Amami-Ohshima Island, Southwest Japan. Zoological Science, 1 (1), 132 - 147.
  • Balogh, J. & Mahunka, S. (1983) Primitive oribatids of the Palearctic Region. In: Balogh, J. & Mahunka, S. (Eds.), The Soil Mites of the World I. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 1 - 372.
  • Marshall, V. G., Reeves, R. M. & Norton, R. A. (1987) Catalogue of the Oribatida (Acari) of continental United States and Canada. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 139, 1 - 418.
  • Mahunka, S. (1990) A survey of the superfamily Euphthiracaroidea Jacot, 1930 (Acari: Oribatida). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 51, 37 - 80.
  • Niedbala, W. (1998) Ptyctimous mites of the Ethiopian Region. 1. Euphthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida). Journal of African Zoology, 112 (1), 15 - 75.
  • Willmann, C. (1919) Diagnosen einiger neuen Oribatiden aus der Umgegend Bremens. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen, 24, 552 - 554.
  • Markel, K. & Meyer, I. (1959) To the systematics of the German Euphthhiracarini (Acari, Oribatei). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 163 (9 / 10), 327 - 342.
  • Niedbala, W. (2004) Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Neotropical Region. Annales Zoologici, 54 (1), 1 - 288.
  • Mahunka, S. (1999) Ptychoid oribatids from Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 60, 69 - 82.
  • Niedbala, W. (2001 b) Study on the diversity of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) and quest for centres of its origin: the fauna of the Ethiopian Region. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, 3, 1 - 245.
  • Ewing, H. E. (1908) Two new species of the genus Phthiracarus. Entomological News, 19, 449 - 451.
  • Niedbala, W. (2006) Ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) of South Africa. Annales Zoologici, 56 (Supplement 1), 1 - 97.