Mycobates

Mycobates conitus, copyright Monica Young.

Belongs within: Ceratozetoidea.

Mycobates is a genus of oribatid mites found in the Holarctic region (Subías 2004).

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Rostrum rounded or bidentate. Prodorsum with lamellae and translamella present, lamellae converging, translamella much longer than cuspides; anterior tectum of notogaster overhanging bothridium, with interlamellar setae originating under tectum. Notogaster with ten pairs of setae or setal alveoli; four pairs of areae porosae; pteromorphae movable. Six pairs of genital setae; one pair of aggenital setae; two pairs of anal setae; three pairs of adanal setae.

<==Mycobates Hull 1916 S04
    |--M. (Mycobates) S04
    |    |--*M. (M.) parmeliae (Michael 1884) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |    |--M. (M.) acuspidatus Behan-Pelletier, Eamer & Clayton 2001 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) austroamericanus Hammer 1958 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) cambricus (Hull 1916) [=Melanozetes cambricus] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) carli (Schweizer 1922) [=Oribata carli] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) corticeus Bvehan-Pelletier, Eamer & Clayton 2001 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) debilis Mihelčič 1957 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) exigualis Behan-Pelletier 1994 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) ezoensis Fujikawa 1982 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) flabelliger (Berlese 1908) [=Sphaerozetes flabelliger] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) hylaeus Behan-Pelletier 1994 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) integer Mihelčič 1957 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) minor Subías, Kahwash & Ruiz 1990 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) monodactylus Shaldybina 1970 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) perates Behan-Pelletier 1994 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) rileyi (Haller 1884) (n. d.) [=Oribata rileyi] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) royi Palacios-Vargas & Vázquez 1988 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) tridentatus Weigmann 1976 S04
    |    `--M. (M.) yukonensis Behan-Pelletier 1994 S04
    `--M. (Calyptozetes Thor 1930) [incl. Permycobates Strenzke 1954] S04
         |--M. (*C.) sarekensis (Trägardh 1910) [=Oribata sarekensis; incl. M. consimilis Hammer 1952] S04
         |--M. (C.) alpinus (Willmann 1951) [=Calyptozetes alpinus] S04
         |--M. (C.) altus Behan-Pelletier 1994 S04
         |--M. (C.) angulatus (Koch 1839) [=Oribata angulata] S04
         |--M. (C.) azaleos Behan-Pelletier 1994 S04
         |--M. (C.) beringianus Behan-Pelletier 1994 S04
         |--M. (C.) bicornis (Strenzke 1954) [=Permycobates bicornis] S04
         |--M. (C.) brevilamellatus Behan-Pelletier 1994 S04
         |--M. (C.) conitus Hammer 1952 S04
         |--M. (C.) cribelliger (Berlese 1904) [=Oribata cribelliger] S04
         |--M. (C.) dryas Behan-Pelletier 1994 S04
         |--M. (C.) hammerae Behan-Pelletier 1994 S04
         |--M. (C.) incurvatus Hammer 1952 S04
         |--M. (C.) monocornis Aoki 1973 S04
         |--M. (C.) occidentalis Behan-Pelletier 1994 S04
         |--M. (C.) patrius Shaldybina 1970 S04
         |--M. (C.) punctatus Hammer 1955 S04
         `--M. (C.) tridactylus Willmann 1929 S04

*Mycobates (Mycobates) parmeliae (Michael 1884) [=Oribata parmeliae; incl. Sphaerozetes (Trichoribates) lenicomus Berlese 1910, Mycobates nadiji Paulitchenko 1991] 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.