Damaeus (Damaeus)

Dorsal view of Damaeus appalachicus, from Balogh & Balogh (1992 vol. 2).

Belongs within: Damaeidae.

The type subgenus of the genus Damaeus is a group of damaeid oribatid mites found in the Holarctic region (Subías 2004). Where diet is known, they feed on microalgae and moulds.

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

<==Damaeus Koch 1835 (Damaeus) [incl. Hypodamaeus Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1957] S04
    |--*D. (D.) auritus Koch 1835 S04 [=Belba aurita CF77, Oribata aurita CF77; incl. O. gracilipes Kulczynski 1902 S04]
    |--D. (D.) ainu Enami & Aoki 1998 S04
    |--D. (D.) angustipes (Banks 1905) [=Oribata angustipes; incl. Belba kingi Hartenstein 1962] S04
    |--D. (D.) appalachicus Norton 1978 S04
    |--D. (D.) arvernensis Grandjean 1960 S04
    |--D. (D.) australis (Banks 1895) [=Belba australis; incl. D. atlanticus Norton 1978] S04
    |--D. (D.) bulbipedata Packard 1887 (n. d.) S04
    |--D. (D.) bulbofermoralis Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1957 [=D. (Hypodamaeus) bulbofemoralis] S04
    |--D. (D.) costanotus Wang & Norton 1989 S04
    |--D. (D.) crispatus (Kulczynski 1902) [=Oribata crispata] S04
    |--D. (D.) echinopus Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1957 [=D. (Hypodamaeus) echinopus] S04
    |--D. (D.) flagellatus Wang 1994 S04
    |--D. (D.) flagellifer Michael 1890 (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--D. (D.) formica (Gervais 1849) [=Oribata formica] S04
    |--D. (D.) foroliviensis (Lombardini 1943) (n. d.) [=Neophyllobius foroliviensis] S04
    |--D. (D.) glycyphagoides Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1957 [=D. (Hypodamaeus) glycyphagoides] S04
    |--D. (D.) granulatus (Willmann 1951) [=Belba granulata] S04
    |--D. (D.) grossmani (Wilson 1936) [=Oribata grossmani] S04
    |--D. (D.) lengersdorfi (Willmann 1932) [=Belba lengersdorfi] S04
    |    |--D. l. lengersdorfi S04
    |    `--D. l. moraviae (Willmann 1954) [=Belba lengersdorfi moraviae] S04
    |--D. (D.) longipes (Willmann 1941) [=Belba longipes] S04
    |--D. (D.) maximus Mihelčič 1957 S04
    |--D. (D.) nidicola (Willmann 1936) [=Belba nidicola] S04
    |--D. (D.) nivalis (Kulczynski 1902) [=Oribata nivalis] S04
    |--D. (D.) opilioides Norton 1978 S04
    |--D. (D.) ortizi Pérez-Íñigo 1995 S04
    |--D. (D.) pseudoauritus Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1957 [=D. (Hypodamaeus) pseudoauritus] S04
    |--D. (D.) recasensi Capilla 1971 S04
    |--D. (D.) riparius Nicolet 1855 S04 [=*Hypodamaeus ripartus BB92; incl. D. alienus Hull 1915 S04]
    |--D. (D.) selgae Pérez-Íñigo 1966 S04
    |--D. (D.) smirnovi Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1957 [=D. (Hypodamaeus) smirnovi] S04
    |--D. (D.) tauricus Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1957 [=D. (Hypodamaeus) tauricus] S04
    |--D. (D.) tenuitibialis Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1957 [=D. (Hypodamaeus) tenuitibialis] S04
    `--D. (D.) torquisetosus (Mihelčič 1955) [=Belba torquisetosa; incl. D. ornatus Mihelčič 1957] S04

Damaeus (Damaeus) flagellifer Michael 1890 [incl. D. kulczynskii Grandjean 1943, D. longipes Mihelčič 1957 non Belba longipes Willmann 1941, Belba pachytrichosa Mihelčič 1956] S04

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BB92] Balogh, J., & P. Balogh. 1992. The Oribatid Mites Genera of the World vol. 1. Hungarian Natural History Museum: Budapest.

[CF77] Canestrini, G., & F. Fanzago. 1877. Intorno agli Acari Italiani. Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Serie 5, 4: 69–208, pls 2–7.

[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.

Last updated: 30 June 2017.