Malaconothrus

Malaconothrus monodactylus, copyright Biodiversity Institute of Ontario.

Belongs within: Desmonomata.

Malaconothrus is a cosmopolitan genus of oribatid mites found in wet habitats such as peatlands, streams and lakes (Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009).

See also: An introduction to Malaconothrus.

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Rostral setae widely separated. Bothridial sensillus absent. Epimeral setal formula 3-1-3-3 or 2-1-3-2. Genital and anal plates of macropyline type, large, occupying entire ventral side posterior to epimeres; four to six pairs of genital setae; aggenital setae absent; one pair of anal setae or anal setae absent; three pairs of adanal setae. Legs monodactyle.

<==Malaconothrus Berlese 1904 S04
    |--M. (Malaconothrus) S04
    |    |--*M. (M.) monodactylus (Michael 1888) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |    |--M. (M.) angulatus Hammer 1958 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) atuelanus Hammer 1958 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) calcehtokensis Palacios-Vargas & Iglesias 1997 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) chajulensis Palacios-Vargas & Iglesias 1997 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) conicus Hammer 1958 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) crassisetosus Subías & Sarkar 1982 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) dipankari Saha & Sanyal 1996 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) dorsofoveolatus Hammer 1979 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) egregius (Berlese 1904) [=Lohmannia (M.) egregia; incl. M. pulcher Mihelčič 1957] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) globiger Trägardh 1910 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) hexasetosus Hammer 1971 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) japonicus Aoki 1966 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) laetus Sergienko & Melamud 1993 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) marginatus Yamamoto 1998 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) neonominatus Subías 2004 [=M. pulcher Hammer 1961 non Mihelčič 1957] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) pilosellus Balogh & Mahunka 1969 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) praeoccupatus Subías 2004 [=M. punctulatus Balogh 1958 non Hammen 1952] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) processus Hammen 1952 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) pseudolamellatus Willmann 1931 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) punctulatus Hammen 1952 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) purvisi Luxton 1987 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) pygmaeus Aoki 1969 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) scutatus Luxton 1987 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) silvaticus Pérez-Íñigo & Baggio 1985 S04
    |    `--M. (M.) yinae Yamamoto, Aoki et al. 1993 S04
    `--M. (Cristonothrus Subías 2004) S04
         |--M. (*C.) pauciareolatus Subías & Sarkar 1982 S04
         |--M. (C.) assamensis Chakrabarti & Talukdar 1979 S04
         |--M. (C.) cordisetus Mahunka 1993 S04
         |--M. (C.) cornutus Hammer 1973 S04
         |--M. (C.) ensifer Mahunka 1982 S04
         |--M. (C.) foliatus Aoki 1994 S04
         |--M. (C.) geminus Hammer 1972 S04
         |--M. (C.) granulosus Palacios-Vargas & Iglesias 1997 S04
         |--M. (C.) hauseri Mahunka 1983 S04
         |--M. (C.) heterotrichus Mahunka 1992 S04
         |--M. (C.) indifferens Hammer 1966 S04
         |--M. (C.) iriomotensis Yamamoto & Aoki 1997 S04
         |--M. (C.) keriensis Hammer 1966 S04
         |--M. (C.) kiiensis Yamamoto 1996 S04
         |--M. (C.) neoplumosus Balogh & Mahunka 1969 S04
         |--M. (C.) pachypilus Hammer 1972 S04
         |--M. (C.) peruensis Hammer 1961 S04
         |--M. (C.) plumosus Willmann 1929 S04
         |--M. (C.) prismaticus Warburton 1912 S04
         |--M. (C.) ramensis Hammer 1966 S04
         |--M. (C.) robustus Hammer 1958 S04
         |    |--M. r. robustus NB-P09
         |    `--M. r. asiaticus Aoki 1967 NB-P09, S04
         |--M. (C.) rohri Balogh 1997 S04
         |--M. (C.) rostropilosus Saha & Sanyal 1996 S04
         |--M. (C.) subrasus Balogh 1964 S04
         |--M. (C.) translamellatus Hammer 1958 S04
         |--M. (C.) variosetosus Hammer 1971 S04
         |--M. (C.) vilhenarum Balogh 1958 (n. d.) S04
         |--M. (C.) yamamotoi Aoki 1994 S04
         `--M. (C.) zealandicus Hammer 1966 S04

*Malaconothrus (Malaconothrus) monodactylus (Michael 1888) [=Nothrus monodactylus; incl. M. gracilis Hammen 1952, M. mollisetosus Hammer 1952] S04

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[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.

[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.