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Oribotritia Jacot 1924

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Oribotritia Jacot, 1924

Oribotritia Jacot, 1924, p. 83 (= Tritia Berlese, 1883, nom. praeoc. by Risso, 1826)

Oribotritia: Jacot, 1930, p. 253; 1933, p. 258; van der Hammen, 1959, p. 34; Märkel, 1964, p. 18; Walker, 1965, p. 31; Grandjean, 1967, p. 258; Aoki, 1980, 51; Balogh & Mahunka, 1983, p. 165; Marshall et al., 1987, p. 67; Mahunka, 1990, p. 54; Niedbała, 2000, p. 62; 2001a, p. 292; 2001b, p. 82; 2002, p. 22; 2004a, p. 23; 2006b, p. 10; 2008a, p. 115; 2011, p. 33; Subías, 2004, p. 44.

Plesiotritia Walker, 1965, p. 29; Grandjean, 1967, p. 258; Märkel, 1968, p. 732; Subías, 2004, p. 44.

Berndotritia Mahunka 1987b, p. 781; Mahunka, 1990, p. 50; Niedbała, 2000, p. 62; Subías, 2004, p. 44.

Philotritia Mahunka, 1988, p. 1098; Mahunka, 1990, p. 50; Niedbała 1998b, p. 19; Subías, 2004, p. 44.

Type species: Hoplophora decumana auct. non C. L. Koch, 1836 (= Phthiracarus berlesei Michael, 1898).

Diagnosis. Prodorsum without median crista and with one or two pairs of lateral carinae; bothridial scales situated dorsal to bothridia; posterior median apodeme absent; sensilli usually setiform, or bulbiform proximally and tapering in distal half, or short and thickened towards distal end; interlamellar and rostral setae in median position, lamellar setae situated near bothridia. Notogaster with 14 pairs of setae, setae ps 1 dorsal to setae ps 2–3; vestigial setae f 1 anteriorly of setae h 1; one pair of lateral opisthosomal gland openings (gla) and five pairs of lyrifissures ia, im, ip, ih, ips present. Ventral region: genito-aggenital and ano-adanal scissures well developed, oblique anogenital cleft visible; infracapitulum of stenarthrous type; setae h of mentum usually longer than distance between them; normal formula of epimera: 3-0-2-2; genital plates with narrowed, free extension anteriorly; palps five segmented with setal formula: 0-(2-4)-0-(2-3)-9(1). Legs trochanters I and II with one setae, trochanters III and IV with three setae; femora I with or without anterodorsal hooked spine; neotrichy on tarsi I and II; solenidia present on genua IV; setae d on tibiae IV reduced and coupled with solenidia; tarsi heterotridactylous (updated from Niedbała, 2011).

Distribution. Cosmopolitan (except Antarctic Region).

Notes

Published as part of Liu, Dong, 2015, Review of Oribotritia (Acari, Oribatida, Oribotritiidae) with a world checklist and description of a new species from China, pp. 217-241 in Zootaxa 4007 (2) on page 219, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/231872

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Family
Oribotritiidae
Genus
Oribotritia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Jacot
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Oribotritia Jacot, 1924 sec. Liu, 2015

References

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