Eremobelba

Eremobelba gracilior, photographed by Huijie Gan.

Belongs within: Circumdehiscentiae.

Eremobelba is a genus of oribatid mites with branched epimeral setae and usually polygonal granulation. The genus is found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world with the species Eremobelba gracilior being found as far north as southern Canada in North America.

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Lamellar setae originating nearer to rostral than to interlamellar setae. Notogaster usually with polygonally arranged granulation; affixed exuvia absent; eleven pairs of notogastral setae. Epimeral setae partly 3-5-branched. Six pairs of genital setae, eight pairs of aggenital setae, two pairs of anal setae, three pairs of adanal setae. Legs monodactyle.

<==Eremobelba Berlese 1908 [Eremobelbidae] S04
    |--*E. leporosa (Haller 1884) [=Eremaeus leporosus] S04
    |--E. balazsi Mahunka 1983 S04
    |--E. bella Hammer 1982 S04
    |--E. bellicosa Balogh & Mahunka 1967 S04
    |--E. bisulcata Balogh 1958 (n. d.) S04
    |--E. breviseta Balogh 1958 S04
    |--E. brevispathulata Balogh & Mahunka 1969 S04
    |--E. capitata Berlese 1913 S04
    |--E. cellulosa Mahunka 1997 S04
    |--E. comteae Mahunka 1988 S04
    |--E. coronata Pérez-Íñigo & Baggio 1989 S04
    |--E. curtipeata Wen 1996 S04
    |--E. esposi Balogh & Mahunka 1969 S04
    |--E. flexuosa Hammer 1979 S04
    |--E. foliata Hammer 1958 S04
    |--E. geographica Berlese 1908 S04
    |--E. gracilior Berlese 1908 (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--E. graciosa Mahunka 1984 S04
    |--E. hamata Hammer 1961 S04
    |--E. heterotricha Mahunka 1977 S04
    |--E. himalayensis Mondal & Kundu 1984 S04
    |--E. indica Ghosh & Bhaduri 1978 S04
    |--E. japonica Aoki 1959 S04
    |--E. leporoides Jacot 1938 [=E. leporosus leporoides] S04
    |--E. longisetosa Subías, Ruiz & Kahwash 1990 S04
    |--E. mahunkai Balogh 1968 S04
    |--E. milliae Sanyal 1992 S04
    |--E. minuta Aoki & Wen 1983 S04
    |--E. nagaroorica Haq 1978 S04
    |--E. obscura Balogh 1958 (n. d.) S04
    |--E. okinawa Aoki 1987 S04
    |--E. ornata Balogh & Mahunka 1969 S04
    |--E. perrugosa Balogh & Mahunka 1968 S04
    |--E. piffli Mahunka 1985 S04
    |--E. porcella Mahunka 2001 S04
    |--E. pulchella Balogh & Mahunka 1969 S04
    |--E. shilongensis Sanyal 1988 S04
    |--E. truncata Wen 1996 S04
    |--E. tuberculata Mahunka 1982 S04
    |--E. wittmeri Bayoumi & Mahunka 1979 S04
    |--E. yunnanensis Aoki & Yamamoto 2000 S04
    `--E. zicsii Balogh & Mahunka 1969 S04

Eremobelba gracilior Berlese 1908 [incl. E. leporosa flagellaris Jacot 1938, Oribata neosota Banks 1909, E. nervosa Hartenstein 1962] S04

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

Balogh, J., & P. Balogh. 1992. The Oribatid Mites Genera of the World vol. 1. Hungarian Natural History Museum: Budapest.

[S04] Subías, L. S. 2004. Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758–2002). Graellsia 60 (número extraordinario): 3–305.