Chamobates

Chamobates rastratus, copyright R. Penttinen.

Belongs within: Ceratozetoidea.

Chamobates is a genus of oribatid mites found in Eurasia and North America (Subías 2004).

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Prodorsum with long lamellae present, translamella absent; lamellar setae originating near rostral region, on surface of prodorsum near end of lamella; interlamellar setae originating on prodorsum near dorsosejugal suture. Notogaster with ten pairs of setal alveoli only; 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.

<==Chamobates Hull 1916 S04
    |--C. (Chamobates) S04
    |    |--*C. (C.) cuspidatus (Michael 1884) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |    |--C. (C.) alpinus Schweizer 1956 [=C. cuspidatus alpinus] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) apathyi (Tafner 1905) (n. d.) [=Oribata apathyi] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) bispinosus Mahunka 1987 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) caucasicus Shaldybina 1969 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) confusus Subías 2000 (see below for synonymy) S04
    |    |--C. (C.) cuspidatiformis (Trägardh 1904) [=Notaspis cuspidatiformis] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) dentatus Mihelčič 1956 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) dentotutorii Shaldybina 1969 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) egenus (Berlese 1910) [=Euzetes egenus] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) geminus Fujikawa 1997 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) hauseri Mahunka 1980 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) ilinoisensis (Ewing 1909) (n. d.) [=Oribata ilinoisensis] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) interpositus Pschorn-Walcher 1953 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) javensis (Hammer 1979) [=Sphaerozetes javensis; incl. Unguizetes hammerae Balogh & Balogh 2002] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) lapidarius (Lucas 1847) (n. d.) S04, E12 [=Oribates lapidarius E12, Oribata lapidaria S04]
    |    |--C. (C.) longipilis Willmann 1953 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) pedemontanus (Berlese 1910) (n. d.) [=Sphaerozetes pedemontanus] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) perezinigoi Subías 1977 S04
    |    |--C. (C.) pusillus (Berlese 1895) S04 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |--C. (C.) schuetzi (Oudemans 1902) [=Notaspis schuetzi] S04
    |    |--C. (C.) subglobulus (Oudemans 1900) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |    |--C. (C.) tumidisetosus Monson 2002 S04
    |    `--C. (C.) vartismithi Hull 1916 (n. d.) S04
    `--C. (Xiphobates Paulitchenko 1993) S04
         |--C. (*X.) voigtsi (Oudemans 1902) [=Notaspis voigtsi] S04
         |--C. (X.) callipygis Paulitchenko 1991 S04
         |--C. (X.) dactyloscopicus Bernini & Mahunka 1982 S04
         |--C. (X.) depauperatus (Berlese 1886) [=Oribata depauperata] S04
         |--C. (X.) kievensis Shaldybina 1980 S04
         |--C. (X.) rastratus (Hull 1914) [=Oribata rastrata; incl. C. spinosus Sellnick 1928] S04
         `--C. (X.) sergienkae Shaldybina 1980 S04

Chamobates (Chamobates) confusus Subías 2000 [incl. C. angulatus Mihelčič 1957 (n. d.), C. triangularis Mihelčič 1957 (n. d.)] S04

*Chamobates (Chamobates) cuspidatus (Michael 1884) [=Oribata cuspidata; incl. O. dominae Hull 1914, O. lucifer Hull 1914] S04

Chamobates (Chamobates) pusillus (Berlese 1895) S04 [=Oribata pusilla S04; incl. Notaspis cuspidatus borealis Trägardh 1902 S04, Chamobates borealis MH04, C. incisus Hammen 1952 S04]

Chamobates (Chamobates) subglobulus (Oudemans 1900) [=Notaspis subglobula; incl. Oribata facula Koch 1839 (n. d.), Chamobates nasutus Mihelčič 1957, Euzetes nigerrimus Berlese 1908, Oribata omissa Warburton & Pearce 1905] 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.

[E12] Evenhuis, N. L. 2012. Publication and dating of the Exploration Scientifique de l'Algérie: Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés (1846–1849) by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas. Zootaxa 3448: 1–61.

[MH04] Maraun, M., M. Heethoff, K. Schneider, S. Scheu, G. Weigmann, J. Cianciolo, R. H. Thomas & R. A. Norton. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of oribatid mites (Oribatida, Acari): evidence for multiple radiations of parthenogenetic lineages. Experimental and Applied Acarology 33 (3): 183–201.

[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.