Oribatid mites of the genera Belba and Belbodamaeus (Acari: Oribatida: Damaeidae) from Eastern Mongolia

Abstract

Two new species of oribatid mites belonging to the family Damaeidae, Belba heterosetosa sp. nov. and Belbodamaeus rarituberculatus sp. nov. are described from the eastern part of Mongolia. In addition, two known species, Belba mongolica and B. crassisetosa, previously known from central part of the country are discussed.

Two new species of the genus Trichoribates (Acari: Oribatida: Ceratozetidae) from Central Japan

“…In Europe, these two species can be found almost everywhere (Schatz 1983;Karppinen et al 1987Karppinen et al , 1992Bernini et al 1995;Luxton 1996;Niedbała and Olszanowski 1997;Niemi et al 1997;Subías and Gil-Martín 1997;Shtanchaeva 2001;Bayartogtokh and Schatz 2008). In Asia, both these species are widely distributed in Turkey, Russian Far East, Caucasus, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Japan (Aoki 1964;Golosova et al 1983;Karppinen et al 1986;Fujikawa et al 1993;Rahimbaeva 1995;Ryabinin and Pankov 1997;Bayartogtokh and Aoki 1998;Shtanchaeva 2001;Erman et al 2007;Bayartogtokh 2010).…”

New species of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the genera Belbodamaeus (Damaeidae), Malaconothrus (Malaconothridae) and Nothrus (Nothridae) from India

“…Morphology of leg segments, setae and solenidia typical for Belbodamaeus (for example, Bayartogtokh 2004). Leg II approximately equal in length to body; legs I, III, IV longer than body length (Table 1) Table 2.…”

Genus Oribatula s. str. Berlese, 1896 (Oribatida, Oribatulidae) in Romanian fauna

“…Literature - Willmann (1949), Kunst (1957), Travé (1961), Weigmann (2006), Bayartogtokh (2010). Material examined -7 -11 specimens of 3 populations from the Eastern Romania (grasslands and cultivated soils).…”

“…As regards the systematic status of Oribatula Berlese, 1896, there are three different opinions. Thus, Balogh (1972), Bulanova-Zachvatkina (1975), Balogh and Balogh (1992), Weigmann (2006), Bayartogtokh (2010) consider Oribatula and Zygoribatula Berlese, 1916 as distinct genera. According to Berlese (1916) and Subias (2004Subias ( , 2012) Zygoribatula and Oribatula s. str.…”