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Eustigmaeus rhodomela Koch

Description

Eustigmaeus rhodomela (Koch)

Celaeno rhodomela Koch, 1841.

Raphignathus patrius Berlese, 1885.

Raphignathus rhodomela (Koch) Oudemans, 1897.

Ledermülleria patrius (Berlese) Oudemans, 1923.

Ledermülleria maculatus (Schrank) Oudemans, 1928.

Ledermülleria rhodomela (Koch) Oudemans, 1928, 1937; Summers & Price, 1961: 377. Ledermuelleria rhodomela Summers & Price, 1961: 377; Wood, 1972a: 312.

Eustigmaeus fani Doġan, 2005: 854 (synonymy by Faraji, Ueckermann & Bakker, 2007).

Eustigmaeus rhodomelus Kapaxidi & Papadoulis, 1999: 143.

Eustigmaeus rhodomela Wood, 1973: 86; MacLean, Behan & Fjellberg, 1978: 563; Faraji, Ueckermann & Bakker, 2007: 150.

Materials examined. 1 Ƥ from soil under Salix sp., 40°17'29'' N, 37°46'08'' E, 621 m, between Koyulhisar- Reşadiye, 24 VII 2007; 20 ƤƤ, 1 deutonymph Ƥ from moss on Pinus sp. trunk, 40°16'58'' N, 39°35'35'' E, 1814 m, Köse Mountain, 21 IX 2007; 2 ƤƤ, 1 deutonymph Ƥ from litter under Crataegus monogyna, 40°03'53'' N, 38°35'27'' E, 1306 m, Gölova, 22 IX 2007; 2 ƤƤ from moss near the brook, 40°13'33'' N, 38°50'32'' E, 1503 m, between Çamoluk-Alucra, 22 IX 2007; 5 ƤƤ, 1 protonymph Ƥ, 1 3 from moss on soil, 40°18'02'' N, 38°18'29'' E, 1820 m, Şebinkarahisar, 22 IX 2007; 9 ƤƤ, 1 deutonymph Ƥ, 1 3 from litter under Juniperus sp., 40°15'45'' N, 38°50'23'' E, 1809 m, between Gölova-Alucra, 24 XI 2007; 6 ƤƤ from litter under Juniperus sp., 40°15'17'' N, 37°53'52'' E, 764 m, Koyulhisar, 30 V 2008; 2 ƤƤ from moss near the brook, 40°14'55'' N, 38°49'54'' E, 1757 m, between Çamoluk-Alucra, 31 V 2008; 6 ƤƤ from moss on soil, 40°17'08'' N, 39°35'28'' E, 1789 m, Köse Mountain, 31 V 2008; 1 Ƥ from moss and grassy soil near the brook, 40° 16' 15'' N, 39°37'43'' E, 1745 m, Köse Mountain, 29 VIII 2008; 1 Ƥ, 1 3, 1 deutonymph Ƥ from moss on stone, 40°17'22'' N, 39°35'35'' E, 1804 m, Köse Mountain, 29 VIII 2008; ZMAU.

Distribution. Austria, Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, Turkey and U.S.A. (Koch 1841; Franz & Beier 1948; Summers & Price 1961; Gerson 1972; Wood 1972a, 1973; MacLean et al. 1978; Kapaxidi & Papadoulis 1999; Doġan 2005; Faraji et al. 2007).

Remarks. This species can be distinguished from known species by the shape of the dorsal ornamentation, the presence of humeral callosities and seta 4a, the shape of setae c 2, and the number of aggenital setae. General features of our specimens are as in the other specimens of the species.

Notes

Published as part of Dönel, Güldem & Doğan, Salih, 2011, The stigmaeid mites (Acari: Stigmaeidae) of Kelkit Valley (Turkey), pp. 1-56 in Zootaxa 2942 on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201260

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Stigmaeidae
Genus
Eustigmaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Prostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Koch
Species
rhodomela
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Berlese A. (1885) Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones ucusque in Italia reperta. Padova, 22 (1).
  • Oudemans, A. C. (1923) Acarologische Aanteekeningen LXXI. Entomologische Berichten, 6, 138 - 144.
  • Summers, F. M. & Price, D. W. (1961) New and redescribed species of Ledermuelleria from North America (Acarina: Stigmaeidae). Hilgardia, 31, 369 - 387.
  • Wood, T. G. (1972 a) New and redescribed species of Ledermuelleria Oudms. and Villersia Oudms. (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Canada. Acarologia, 13, 301 - 318.
  • Dogan, S. (2005) Eustigmaeus mites from Turkey (Acari: Stigmaeidae). Journal of Natural History, 39, 835 - 861.
  • Faraji, F., Ueckermann, E. A. & Bakker, F. (2007) First record of Eustigmaeus jiangxiensis Hu, Chen and Huang (Acari, Stigmaeidae) from France with a key to the European species of Eustigmaeus Berlese, 1910. International Journal of Acarology, 33, 145 - 151.
  • Kapaxidi, E. V. & Papadoulis, G. Th. (1999) New records of stigmaeid mites from Greece with description of a new species (Acari: Stigmaeidae). International Journal of Acarology, 25, 141 - 144.
  • Wood, T. G. (1973) Revision of Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) in the Berlese Collection. Acarologia, 15, 76 - 95.
  • Maclean, S. F., Behan, V. & Fjellberg, A. (1978) Soil Acari and Collembola from Chaun Bay, Northern Chukotka. Arctic and Alpine Research, 10, 559 - 568.
  • Franz, H. & Beier, M. (1948) Zur Kenntnis der Bodenfauna im ponnanischen Klimagebiet Osterreichs. II. Die Arthropoden. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien, 56, 440 - 549.
  • Gerson, U. (1972) Mites of the genus Ledermuelleria (Prostigmata: Stigmaeidae) associated with mosses in Canada. Acarologia, 13, 319 - 343.