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

Morphological ontogeny of Melanozetes avachai n. sp., a unique member of Melanozetes (Acari: Oribatida: Ceratozetidae)

“…The morphology of the adult of M. avachai was compared with that of M. orientalis Shaldybina, 1969 andM. altaicus Shaldybina, 1969 described by (Shaldybina 1969), M. tanana BehanPelletier, 1986 studied by Behan-Pelletier (1986) and M. exobothridialis Bayartogtokh and Aoki, 1998 described by Bayartogtokh and Aoki (1998).…”

“…The general morphology of adults of these species is similar, but the shape of the translamella of adults varies in M. avachai and M. azoricus from Kamchatka and in M. exobothridialis from Mongolia (Bayartogtokh and Aoki 1998), whereas the M. tanana from the western North American arctic has no translamella (BehanPelletier 1986). Further research on juveniles of species from these regions may provide clarification on species relationships.…”

New species of oribatid mites of the genera Lepidozetes and Scutozetes (Acari, Oribatida, Tegoribatidae) from Nepal

“…Medial claw thicker than two lateral claws; all smooth. Generally, morphology of leg segments, setae and solenidia typical for the genus (Bayartogtokh and Aoki 1999). Formulae of leg setation and solenidia: I (1–5–3–4–20) [1–2–2], II (1–5–3–4–15) [1–1–2], III (2–2–1–3–15) [1–1–0], IV (1–2–2–3–12) [0–1–0]; homology of setae and solenidia indicated in Table 1.…”

“…Hence, the genus Scutozetes is recorded in the Oriental region for the first time. The main generic characters of the genus were presented by Hammer (1952) and summarized by Bayartogtokh and Aoki (1999).…”