Abstract:Two similar species of oribatid mites, Euphthiracarus foveolatus and E. cribrarius, have different distributions, with the former being endemic to Japan and the latter being a widespread Eurasian species that has not been reported from Japan. Recently the distinction between these species has become questionable, due to a mistake discovered in the original description. Also, new collections of E. foveolatus from Japan have shown it to be variable in morphology, and this variability overlaps in some ways with t… Show more
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