Ceratozetes

Ceratozetes psammophilus, copyright GBIF Franz Horak.

Belongs within: Ceratozetoidea.

Ceratozetes is a cosmopolitan genus of ceratozetid oribatid mites (Subías 2004).

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Prodorsum with lamellae and translamella. Notogaster with eleven pairs of setae; four pairs of areae porosae; pteromorphae immovable. Six pairs of genital setae; one pair of aggenital setae; two pairs of anal setae; three pairs of adanal setae. Legs tridactyle.

<==Ceratozetes Berlese 1908 S04
    |  i. s.: C. furcatus W91
    |--C. (Ceratozetes) S04
    |    |--*C. (C.) gracilis (Michael 1884) [=Oribata gracilis] S04
    |    |    |--C. g. gracilis [incl. C. fusiger Mihelčič 1956, C. grandis Berlese 1908] S04
    |    |    `--C. g. minor (Schweizer 1922) [=Oribata gracilis minor] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) ambiguus Behan-Pelletier 1998 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) angustus (Banks 1947) [=Minunthozetes angustus] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) armatus Mihelčič 1956 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) bicornis Hammer 1967 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) borealis Behan-Pelletier 1984 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) campestris Mihelčič 1956 [incl. C. obtusus Mihelčič 1956] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) catarinensis Pérez-Íñigo & Pérez-Íñigo 1993 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) clypeatus (Nicolet 1855) (n. d.) [=Oribata clypeata] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) conjunctus Mihelčič 1956 [incl. C. contiguus Jeleva 1962] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) cuspidatus Jacot 1939 [=C. gracilis cuspidatus] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) enodis (Ewing 1909) [=Oribata enodis] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) figuratus (Ewing 1909) [=Oribata figurata] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) gaussi (Richters 1908) [=Oribata gaussi] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) gemmula Pérez-Íñigo 1990 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) guadarramicus Pérez-Íñigo 1991 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) hamobatoides Hammer 1967 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) insignis Balogh 1966 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) inupiaq Behan-Pelletier 1986 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) kananaskis Mitchell 1976 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) kutchin Behan-Pelletier 1986 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) lagrecai Bernini 1973 [incl. Sphaerozetes elongatissimus Berlese 1908 (n. d.)] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) laticuspidatus Menke 1964 [incl. Oribata myrmobates Berlese 1903 (n. d.)] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) longispina Jacot 1936 [=C. subaquila longispina] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) longocuspidatus Kulijev 1962 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) macromediocris Shaldybina 1970 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) mediocris Berlese 1908 [incl. C. dubius Mihelčič 1956, C. japonicus Aoki 1961] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) microsetosus Ayyildiz & Luxton 1989 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) minutissimus Willmann 1951 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) monticola Hammer 1961 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) nanus Subías 2001 [incl. C. minutissimus Subías & Arillo 2000 non Willmann 1951] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) nasutus Subías, Kahwash & Ruiz 1990 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) neonominatus Subías 2004 [=C. similis Fujikawa 1996 non Schweizer 1956] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) nigrisetosus Hammer 1958 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) oresbios Behan-Pelletier 1984 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) ovidianus Vasiliu & Calugar 1981 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) pacificus Behan-Pelletier 1984 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) paritractus Hammer 1977 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) parvulus Sellnick 1922 [=C. (Allozetes) parvulus] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) peritus Grandjean 1951 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) petrovi Kulijev 1962 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) platyrhinoides Hammer 1961 [incl. Magellozetes mahnerti Mahunka 1984] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) platyrhinus Hammer 1958 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) problematicus Mahunka 1982 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) psammophilus Horak 2000 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) rostroserratus Wallwork 1965 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) rostroundulatus Paulitchenko 1991 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) simulator Pérez-Íñigo 1970 [incl. C. petri Weigmann 1976] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) spitsbergensis Thor 1934 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) striatus Hammer 1958 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) subaquila (Ewing 1909) [=Oribata subaquila] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) subinconspicuus (Berlese 1908) [=Punctoribates subinconspicuus] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) undulatus Hammer 1958 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) virginicus (Banks 1906) [=Galumna virginica; incl. C. jeweli Rockett & Woodring 1966] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) volgini Shaldybina 1970 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) watertonensis Behan-Pelletier 1984 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) xinjiangensis Wen & Bu 1988 S04
    |    `--C. (C.) zeteki (Ewing 1917) [=Trachyoribates zeteki] S04
    |--C. (Magellozetes Hammer 1962) S04
    |    |--C. (*M.) processus (Hammer 1962) [=*Magellozetes processus] S04
    |    `--C. (M.) antarcticus (Michael 1895) [=Oribata antarctica] S04
    `--C. (Mixozetes Balogh & Balogh 1990) S04
         `--C. (*M.) intermedius (Covarrubias 1967) [=Arcozetes intermedius] 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.

[W91] Weigmann, G. 1991. Oribatid communities in transects from bogs to forests in Berlin indicating the biotopes qualities. In: Dusbábek, F. & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 1 pp. 359–364. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.