Odontocepheus (Odontocepheus)

(Left to right) right lateral, dorsal and ventral views of Odontocepheus elongatus, from Balogh & Balogh (1992 vol. 2).

Belongs within: Carabodidae.

The type subgenus of the genus Odontocepheus is a group of relatively elongate carabodid oribatid mites found in the Holarctic and Australian regions.

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Body elongate, more than twice as long as wide. Prodorsum with wide lamellae; sensillus short with dilated head. Notogaster evenly arched; notogastral setae more or less evenly spaced; anterior margin of notogaster with four pairs of anteriorly directed setae; posteromarginal area with four pairs of setae, relatively short but otherwise similar to remaining notogastral setae. Genital plates with four pairs of setae.

<==Odontocepheus Berlese 1913 (Odontocepheus) S04
    |--*O. (O.) elongatus (Michael 1879) [=Tegeocranus elongatus; incl. Hermannia oblonga Karpelles 1893] S04
    |--O. (O.) bandae Subías & Arillo 2001 S04
    |--O. (O.) beijingensis Wang 1997 S04
    |--O. (O.) curtiseta Ruiz, Subías & Kahwash 1989 S04
    |--O. (O.) espatulatus Saloña & Iturrondobeitia 1989 S04
    |--O. (O.) hungaricus Mahunka 1991 S04
    |--O. (O.) immarginatus Jacot 1934 S04
    |--O. (O.) laeviusculus (Canestrini & Fanzago 1877) (n. d.) [=Claviceps laeviusculus] S04
    |--O. (O.) oblongus (Banks 1895) [=Carabodes oblongus] S04
    |--O. (O.) oglasae Baratti & Bernini 1994 S04
    |--O. (O.) piramidalis Mahunka 1987 S04
    |--O. (O.) rumbleseatus Reeves 1995 S04
    |--O. (O.) villosus Mahunka 1987 S04
    `--O. (O.) zaballosi Subías & Arillo 2001 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.