Belba (Belba)

Belba compta, copyright R. Penttinen.

Belongs within: Damaeidae.

The type subgenus of the genus Belba is a group of damaeid oribatid mites found in Eurasia and North America (Subías 2004).

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Notogaster with spinae adnatae absent. Setal formula of trochanters I–IV 1-1-2-1, exceptionally 1-1-2-2; setal formula of genua I–IV 4-4-3-3, seta d formula of genua I–IV 1-1-1-0; seta d formula of tibiae I–IV 0-1-1-1.

<==Belba Heyden 1826 (Belba) S04
    |--*B. (B.) corynopus (Herman 1804) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--B. (B.) aegrota (Kulczynski 1902) [=Oribata aegrota] S04
    |--B. (B.) alpina Schwizer 1956 S04
    |--B. (B.) aurata Kulijev 1967 S04
    |--B. (B.) barbata Fujita & Fujikawa 1986 S04
    |--B. (B.) clavasensilla Norton & Palacios-Vargas 1982 S04
    |--B. (B.) compta (Kulczynski 1902) [=Oribata compta] S04
    |--B. (B.) cornuta Wang & Norton 1995 S04
    |--B. (B.) crassisetosa Bayartogtokh 2000 S04
    |--B. (B.) daghestanica Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1962 S04
    |--B. (B.) dubinini Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1962 S04
    |--B. (B.) flagellata Tseng 1982 S04
    |--B. (B.) flammisetosa Tolstikov 1995 S04
    |--B. (B.) globiceps (Canestrini & Fanzago 1876) [=Oribata globiceps] S04
    |--B. (B.) helvetica Schweizer 1956 S04
    |--B. (B.) interlamellaris Willmann 1939 S04
    |--B. (B.) jacoti Wilson 1936 S04
    |--B. (B.) limasetosa Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1962 S04
    |--B. (B.) macropoda Berlese 1904 S04
    |--B. (B.) meridionalis Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1962 S04
    |--B. (B.) minor Mihelčič 1953 S04
    |--B. (B.) ‘minuta’ Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1962 non Banks 1895 S04
    |--B. (B.) mongolica Bayartogtokh 2000 S04
    |--B. (B.) paracorynopus Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1962 S04
    |--B. (B.) patelloides (Michael 1888) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--B. (B.) pectinifera Canestrini 1897 (n. d.) S04
    |--B. (B.) piriformis Mihelčič 1964 S04
    |--B. (B.) prasadi Bayartogtokh 2000 S04
    |--B. (B.) pulchra Mihelčič 1964 S04
    |--B. (B.) rossica Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1962 S04
    |--B. (B.) sarvari Tolstikov 1995 S04
    |--B. (B.) sasakawai Enami 1989 [incl. B. notialis Wang & Norton 1995] S04
    |--B. (B.) sculpta Mihelčič 1957 [incl. B. aberrans Mihelčič 1957, B. ignota Mihelčič 1957] S04
    |--B. (B.) sellnicki Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1962 S04
    |--B. (B.) servadeii Lombardini 1963 (n. d.) S04
    |--B. (B.) subtilis Canestrini 1897 (n. d.) S04
    |--B. (B.) tenuisetosa Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1962 S04
    |--B. (B.) unicornis Enami 1994 S04
    |--B. (B.) ursina Thor 1930 S04
    `--B. (B.) verrucosa Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1962 S04
         |--B. v. verrucosa S04
         `--B. v. japonica Aoki 1984 S04

*Belba (Belba) corynopus (Herman 1804) [=Notaspis corynopus; incl. B. bulbipes Karpelles 1893, Damaeus sufflexus Michael 1885] S04

Belba (Belba) patelloides (Michael 1888) [=Notaspis patelloides; incl. B. bartosi Winkler 1955, B. pseudocorynopus Märkel 1960] 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.