Checklist of Oribatid Mites of Japan(Acari: Oribatida)

Is the Japanese Oribatid Mite Euphthiracarus foveolatus Aoki, 1980 (Acari: Euphthiracaridae) a Junior Synonym of E. cribrarius (Berlese,1904)?

“…Fujikawa et al, 1993;Niedbala, 2000), the two similar species Euphthiracarus foveolatus and E. cribrarius have different distributions, with the former being endemic to Japan and the latter being more widespread but not reported from Japan. New collections of E. foveolatus have shown it to be variable in morphology, and this variability overlaps in some ways with that of European populations of E. cribrarius.…”

“…foveolatus, Aoki, 1980;and E. takahasii Aoki, 1980) are currently known from Japan. Euphthiracarus foveolatus was recorded several times from Japan (Fujikawa et al, 1993), but it is a very rare species (Aoki, 2000), and few individuals ware collected at any given time. In the original description (Aoki, 1980), this species was considered to be distinguishable from the Eurasian species E. cribrarius (Berlese, 1904) (not reported from Japan) by two characters: E. foveolatus has "7 pairs of genital setae" and the lengths of aggenital setae ag 1 and ag 2 are equal.…”

Oribatid Mites from Several Mires in Northern Japan II. Three Species of the Genus Hydrozetes (Acari: Oribatida) including Two New Species

“…Subias (2004) assigned 27 species of Hydrozetes distributed around the world. In Japan, two species of Hydrozetes have been reported up to this time (Fujikawa et al, 1993): H. lacustris (Michael, 1882) and H. terrestris Berlese, 1910. In North Japan, a further three species of Hydrozetes have been found in Sphagnum mires and a Japanese horseradish, Wasabia japonica field.…”

Oribatid Mites of the Family Tegoribatidae(Acari: Oribatida) from Mongolia.

“…Palaearctic, Japan (Fujikawa 1972, Fujikawa et al 1993 (Aoki et al 1997) and Mongolia: from localities recorded by Balogh & Mahunka (1965) and known also from the localities given in the "Material examined" section. fig.…”

“…Holarctic Region: Canada (Hammer 1952, Behan-Pelletier 1993, 1997; USA (Marshall et al 1987); Northern Palaearctic (Karppinen et al 1986); Russia (Shaldybina 1975, Krivolutsky 1995, Ukraine (Karppinen et al , 1992; Germany (Willmann 1931); Spain (Perez-Inigo 1993, PerezInigo Jr. 199.0); Hungary (Manunka 1993); Finland (Niemi et al 1997); Poland (Niedbala & Olszanowski 1997); Japan (Fujikawa et al 1993) and Mongolia (known only from the locality given in the "Material examined" section).…”