Scheloribatidae

Dometorina plantivaga, copyright R. Penttinen.

Belongs within: Oripodoidea.
Contains: Perscheloribates (Perscheloribates), Scheloribates (Scheloribates), Scheloribates (Topobates).

The Scheloribatidae are a diverse family of oribatid mites with the octotaxic system commonly developed as sacculi, and immovable pteromorphs usually present. The Tongan species Planobates circumalatus has a single pair of setae on the genital plates; other genera have three to five pairs. The notogastral setae are often reduced with only the setal alveoli visible; in the African genus Similobates, a single pair p2 remains developed. Similobates also has five pairs of genital setae. The rostrum bears a pair of incisions in Rhabdoribates siamensis and Euscheloribates subgenus Nanobates (Balogh & Balogh 1992). Members of the genus Scheloribates are among the most abundant mites in soil and litter, including in anthropogenic habitats (Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009).

Characters (from Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009): Length 200-650 µm. Prodorsum with prolamella often present; sublamella present; tutorium and pleural carinae absent. Prodorsum curving over gnathosoma, covering chelicerae dorsally; rostrum rounded. Chelicerae with two setae. Bothridium inserted anterior to notogastral margin. Distal eupathidia on palptarsus in same plane. Notogaster with 2-4 pairs of porose areas or saccules. Pteromorphs or humeral projections usually present. Posterior notogastral tectum absent. Sternal furrow extending from genital plates anteriorly on coxisternum often present. 1-4 pairs of genital setae. Pedotectum II present. Femora III-IV each with one porose area; solenidion σ present on genu III.

<==Scheloribatidae [Parapirnodidae, Scheloribatinae, Scheloribatini]
    |--Planobates Hammer 1973 S04
    |    `--*P. circumalatus Hammer 1973 S04
    |--Rhabdoribates Aoki 1967 S04
    |    `--*R. siamensis Aoki 1967 S04
    |--Fissurobates Balogh & Mahunka 1969 S04
    |    `--*F. spectabilis Balogh & Mahunka 1969 S04
    |--Striatobates Hammer 1973 S04
    |    `--*S. tuberculatus Hammer 1973 S04
    |--Samoabates Hammer 1973 S04
    |    `--*S. acutirostrum Hammer 1973 S04
    |--Scheloribatoides Mahunka 1988 S04
    |    `--*S. lamellatus Mahunka 1988 S04
    |--Pachygena Hammer 1972 S04
    |    `--*P. falcata Hammer 1972 S04
    |--Coronibatula Mahunka 1988 S04
    |    `--*C. lienhardi Mahunka 1988 S04
    |--Cosmobates Balogh 1959 S04
    |    `--*C. tunicatus Balogh 1959 S04
    |--Pontiobates Luxton 1989 S04
    |    `--*P. denigratus Luxton 1989 S04
    |--Similobates Mahunka 1982 S04
    |    |--*S. demetororum Mahunka 1982 S04
    |    `--S. deficiens (Wallwork 1977) [=Scheloribates deficiens] S04
    |--Aellenobates Mahunka 1978 S04
    |    |--*A. cryptacus Mahunka 1978 [=Grandjeanobates cryptacus] EA14
    |    `--A. sculpturatus Mahunka 1988 [=Grandjeanobates sculpturatus] EA14
    |--Nannerlia Coetzer 1968 S04
    |    |--*N. longiqua Coetzer 1968 S04
    |    |--N. bombretensis Hammer 1977 S04
    |    `--M. elongatissima Mahunka 1984 S04
    |--Annobonzetes Pérez-Íñigo 1983 S04
    |    |--*A. sphaericus Pérez-Íñigo 1983 S04
    |    |--A. latissimus (Berlese 1916) [=Podoribates latissimus] S04
    |    `--A. latus (Warburton 1912) [=Oribata lata] S04
    |--Gerloubia Coetzer 1968 [incl. Fuerteventuria Pérez-Íñigo & Peña 1996] S04
    |    |--*G. bicuspidata (Hammer 1958) [=Eporibatula bicuspidata] S04
    |    |--G. chinensis Aoki & Yamamoto 2000 S04
    |    `--G. hispanica Subías 1977 (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--Fijibates Hammer 1971 S04
    |    |--*F. rostratus Hammer 1971 S04
    |    |--F. aelleni (Mahunka 1988) [=Scheloribates aelleni] S04
    |    |--F. anterostratus Corpuz-Raros 1980 S04
    |    `--F. dlouhyi (Mahunka 1984) [=Scheloribates dlouhyi] S04
    |--Parapirnodus Balogh & Mahunka 1968 NB-P09, S04
    |    |--*P. longus Balogh & Mahunka 1968 S04
    |    |--P. coniferinus Behan-Pelletier, Clayton & Humble 2001 S04
    |    |--P. hexaporosus Behan-Pelletier, Clayton & Humble 2001 S04
    |    `--P. prosopis Martínez, Fernández & Monetti 1996 S04
    |--Perscheloribates Hammer 1973 S04
    |    |--P. (Perscheloribates) S04
    |    |--P. (Makischeloribates Corpuz-Raros 1980) S04
    |    |    `--P. (*M.) tripartitus (Corpuz-Raros 1980) [=*Makischeloribates tripartitus] S04
    |    `--P. (Oxyscheloribates Balogh & Balogh 1990) S04
    |         `--P. (*O.) aculeatus (Hammer 1961) [=Scheloribates aculeatus] S04
    |--Hammerabates Balogh 1970 [incl. Otaheitea Hammer 1972, Yoronoribates Aoki 1987] S04
    |    |--*H. trisetosus Balogh 1970 S04
    |    |--H. elongatus Tseng 1984 S04
    |    |--H. minusculus (Aoki 1987) S04 [=*Yoronoribates minusculus BB92]
    |    |--H. nasalis Mahunka 1983 S04
    |    |--H. rotundus Mahunka 1983 S04
    |    `--H. sulcatus (Hammer 1972) S04 [=*Otaheites sulcata BB92]
    |--Megascheloribates Lee & Pajak 1990 LP90
    |    |--*M. microsetosus Lee & Pajak 1990 CH98, LP90 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |--M. anzacensis (Hammer 1967) [=Scheloribates anzacensis] LP90
    |    |--M. calcaratus Lee & Pajak 1990 LP90 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |--‘Scheloribates’ iteratus Subías 2004 S04 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |--M. maximus (Balogh 1962) LP90
    |    `--M. rostrodentatus (Hammer 1977) [=Scheloribates rostrodentatus] LP90
    |--Muliercula Coetzer 1968 S04
    |    |--*M. muliercula Coetzer 1968 S04
    |    |--M. bilineata Mahunka 1986 S04
    |    |--M. discrepans (Balogh 1959) [=Scheloribates discrepans] S04
    |    |--M. inexpectata Badejo, Woas & Beck 2002 S04
    |    |--M. longisacculus (Mahunka 1984) [=Incabates longisacculus] S04
    |    |--M. ngoyensis Coetzer 1968 S04
    |    `--M. spora Coetzer 1968 S04
    |--Scheloribates Berlese 1908 S04
    |    |  i. s.: S. areatus Sellnick 1931 S93
    |    |         S. azumaensis NB-P09
    |    |         S. madrasensis H01
    |    |         S. setatus Sellnick 1931 S93
    |    |--S. (Scheloribates) S04
    |    |--S. (Grandjeanobates Ramsay 1967) EA14
    |    |    |--S. (*G.) novazelandicus Hammer 1967 [=*Grandjeanobates novazelandicus] EA14
    |    |    `--‘Grandjeanobates’ australis Ramsay 1967 S04
    |    `--S. (Topobates) EA14
    |--Euscheloribates Kunst 1958 S04
    |    |--E. (Euscheloribates) [incl. Corynobates Balogh & Balogh 1992, Tribates Mahunka 1978] S04
    |    |    |--*E. (E.) samsinaki Kunst 1958 S04
    |    |    |--E. (E.) clavisetus Mahunka 1988 S04 [=*Corynobates clavisetus BB92]
    |    |    |--E. (E.) cryptus (Mahunka 1978) [=Tribates cryptus] S04
    |    |    |--E. (E.) mixtus (Mahunka 1978) S04 [=*Tribates mixtus BB92]
    |    |    `--E. (E.) pembertoni (Jacot 1934) [=Protoschelobates pembertoni] S04
    |    `--E. (Nanobates Balogh & Balogh 1984) S04
    |         |--E. (*N.) fenicheli (Balogh 1970) [=Birobates fenicheli] S04
    |         `--E. (N.) clavatus (Mahunka 1988) [=Nanobates clavatus] S04
    `--Dometorina Grandjean 1951 NB-P09, S04 [incl. Cryptozetes Hammer 1962 S04]
         |--*D. plantivaga (Berlese 1895) S04 [=Oribatula plantivaga S04, O. (Hemileius) plantivaga B16]
         |    |--D. p. plantivaga S04
         |    |--D. p. brasiliana Pérez-Íñigo & Pérez-Íñigo 1993 S04
         |    |--D. p. insularis Travé 1969 S04
         |    `--D. p. saxicola Grandjean 1951 S04
         |--D. chilensis (Hammer 1962) S04 [=*Cryptozetes chilensis BB92]
         |--D. crystallina Tseng 1984 S04
         |--D. elongata Balogh & Csiszár 1963 S04
         |--D. inflata (Berlese 1916) [=Oribatula (Hemileius) inflata] S04
         |--D. lata Mahunka 1986 S04
         |--D. limpida Tseng 1984 S04
         |--D. marionensis Pletzen & Kok 1971 S04
         |--D. praedatoria Wu, Xin & Aoki 1986 S04
         |--D. rostrata Luxton 1993 S04
         |--D. sicata Mahunka 1983 S04
         |--D. suramericana (Hammer 1958) S07
         |--D. taiwanica Tseng 1984 S04
         |--D. tropica (Balogh 1958) [=Hemileius tropicus] S04
         |--D. tuberculata Aoki 1984 S04
         `--D. usnea (Norton & Palacios-Vargas 1987) [=Cryptozetes usnea] S04

Gerloubia hispanica Subías 1977 [incl. Liebstadia ahumerata Mahunka 1987, Fuerteventuria mirabilis Pérez-Íñigo & Peña 1996] S04

Megascheloribates calcaratus Lee & Pajak 1990 nec Scheloribates fimbriatus calcaratus Jacot 1934 nec S. calcaratus Wallwork 1977 (not preoc. if in dif. gen.) LP90 [=Scheloribates praeoccupatus Subías 2004 S04]

*Megascheloribates microsetosus Lee & Pajak 1990 CH98, LP90 [=Scheloribates microsetosus S04; incl. M. pajaki Balogh & Balogh 2002 S04]

‘Scheloribates’ iteratus Subías 2004 S04 [=S. microclava Balogh 1962 non Hammer 1961 S04, Megascehloribates microclava LP90]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BB92] Balogh, J., & P. Balogh. 1992. The Oribatid Mites Genera of the World vol. 1. Hungarian Natural History Museum: Budapest.

[B16] Berlese, A. 1916. Centuria terza di Acari nuovi. Redia 12: 289–338.

[CH98] Colloff, M. J., & R. B. Halliday. 1998. Oribatid Mites: A catalogue of Australian genera and species. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[EA14] Ermilov, S. G., & A. E. Anichkin. 2014. A new species of Scheloribates (Scheloribates) from Vietnam, with notes on taxonomic status of some taxa in Scheloribatidae (Acari, Oribatida). International Journal of Acarology 40 (1): 109–116.

[H01] Haq, M. A. 2001. Potential oribatid mite vectors of cestode parasites in Kerala, India. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 569–575. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[LP90] Lee, D. C., & G. A. Pajak. 1990. Scheloribates Berlese and Megascheloribates gen. nov. from southeastern Australia, with comments on Scheloribatidae (Acarida: Cryptostigmata: Oriopodoidea). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 205–246.

[NB-P09] Norton, R. A., & V. M. Behan-Pelletier. 2009. Suborder Oribatida. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 430–564. Texas Tech University Press.

[S07] Schatz, H. 2007. Biogeography of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica and Panama. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 151–167. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

[S93] Selden, P. A. 1993. Arthropoda (Aglaspidida, Pycnogonida and Chelicerata). In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 297–320. Chapman & Hall: London.

[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.

Last updated: 24 February 2019.