Berniniella

Dorsal (left) and ventral views of Berniniella fissurata, from here.

Belongs within: Oppiidae.

Berniniella is a genus of oppiid oribatid mites known from Eurasia and the Americas, characterised by a tridentate rostrum.

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Rostrum tridentate; lamellar costulae present; sensillus radiate. Dorsosejugal suture convex, penetrating deeply into basal part of prodorsum. Notogaster with crista present; setae c2 well developed. Genital plates with four pairs of setae; aggenital region with one pair of setae.

<==Berniniella Balogh 1983 S04
    |--B. (Berniniella) S04
    |    |--*B. (B.) aeoliana (Bernini 1973) [=Oppia aeoliana] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) azerbeidjanica (Kulijev 1962) [=Oppia azerbeidjanica] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) berninii Ivan & Vasiliu 1997 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) bicarinata (Paoli 1908) [=Dameosoma bicarinatum; incl. Oppia triconica Mihelčič 1956] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) carinatissima Subías, Rodríguez & Minguez 1987 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) conjuncta (Strenzke 1951) [=Oppia sigma conjuncta] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) extrudens Subías, Rodríguez & Minguez 1987 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) fissurata Ivan & Vasiliu 1997 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) formosa Gordeeva & Karppinen 1988 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) grandis Gordeeeva 1991 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) ‘hungarica’ (Bayoumi 1979) [=Oppia hungarica non Karpelles 1893] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) inornata (Mihelčič 1957) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |    |--B. (B.) intrudens Subías, Rodrígiez & Minguez 1987 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) jahnae (Sellnick 1961) [=Oppia jahnae] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) kazakovi Gordeeva & Melamud 1991 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) latidens Subías, Rodríguez & Minguez 1987 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) lunaris (Evans 1952) [=Oppia lunaris] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) minuta (Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1964) [=Oppia minuta] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) nana Gordeeva 1991 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) parasigma Iturrodobeitia 1987 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) robusta Ivan & Vasiliu 1997 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) rossica Gordeeva 1991 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) sakeni Gordeeva & Tarba 1990 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) serratirostris (Golosova 1970) [=Oppia serratirostris] S04
    |    |    |--B. s. serratirostris S04
    |    |    |--B. s. hauseri (Mahunka 1974) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |    |    `--B. s. oscensis Pérez-Íñigo 1990 [=B. coronata oscensis] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) setilonga Iturrondobeitia & Saloña 1988 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) sigma (Strenzke 1951) [=Oppia sigma] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) silvatica (Vasiliu & Calugar 1976) [=Oppia silvatica] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) tenuis Gordeeva & Melamud 1991 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) tequila (Mahunka 1983) [=Oppia tequila] S04
    |    `--B. (B.) tichomirovae (Rjabinin 1974) [=Oppia tichomirovae] S04
    `--B. (Canaloppia Mahunka & Palacios-Vargas 1998) S04
         `--B. (*C.) borhidii Mahunka & Palacios-Vargas 1998 S04

Berniniella (Berniniella) inornata (Mihelčič 1957) [=Oppia inornata; incl. Oppia simplex Mihelčič 1956 non O. minus simplex Jacot 1938] S04

Berniniella serratirostris hauseri (Mahunka 1974) [=Oppia serratirostris hauseri; incl. B. coronata Mahunka & Paoletti 1984, Oppiella rafalskii Oplotna & Rajski 1983] 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.