Papillacarus (Vepracarus) Aoki 1965
Creators
- 1. Division of Acarology, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, PO 673635, India.
- 2. Division of Acarology, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, PO 673635, India. & drnramani @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7448 - 439 X
Description
Subgenus Papillacarus (Vepracarus) Aoki, 1965
Type species: Vepracarus ogawai Aoki, 1965
Diagnosis. Notogastral surface never smooth, either with papilli, tubercles or polygonal sculptures. Pygidial setae branched, tree shaped or ciliate, presence of strong pygidial neotrichy (>18 pairs).
Ecology. Natural habitats include litter and soil ecosystems, also found in moss and on epiphytes.
Distribution (Fig. 2). Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental regions. The genus is mostly distributed in the oriental region (15 species) and no representations in Australian and Antarctic realms. P. (V.) hirsutus (Aoki, 1961) has been reported from seven different countries belonging to three geographical realms viz. Neotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental. Nearctic and Afrotropical regions have single representations only.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Lohmanniidae
- Genus
- Papillacarus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Sarcoptiformes
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Aoki
- Taxon rank
- subGenus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Papillacarus (Vepracarus) Aoki, 1965 sec. Arun & Ramani, 2020
References
- Aoki, J. (1965) Oribatiden (Acarina) Thailands. I. Nature and Life in Southeast Asia, 4, 129 - 193.
- Aoki, J. (1961) Beschreibungen von neuen Oribatiden Japans. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology, 5 (1), 64 - 69. https: // doi. org / 10.1303 / jjaez. 5.64