Striatoppia

Dorsal (left) and ventral views of Striatoppia baloghi, from Balogh & Balogh (1992 vol. 2).

Belongs within: Oppiidae.

Striatoppia is a pantropical and subtropical genus of oppiid oribatid mites characterised by fine longitudinal lines on the notogaster.

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Prodorsum with prolamellar ridge; interbothridial region with costulae; sensillus scopulate. Notogaster with fine longitudinal lines; crista absent; with nine pairs of setae, notogastral setae dilated, setae c2 absent. Apodemata IV present. Genital plates with five pairs of setae; setae ad1 postanal; fissure iad paraanal.

<==Striatoppia Balogh 1958 S04
    |--*S. machadoi Balogh 1958 S04
    |--S. baloghi Mahunka 1974 S04
    |--S. breviclava Mahunka 1982 S04
    |--S. foliosa (Jacot 1937) [=Oppiella foliosa] S04
    |--S. hammeni Mahunka 1977 S04
    |--S. lanceolata Hammer 1972 S04
    |--S. luisae Mahunka 1994 S04
    |--S. madagascariensis Balogh 1961 S04
    |--S. margaritata Mahunka 1969 S04
    |--S. margaritifera Balogh & Mahunka 1966 S04
    |--S. modesta Mahunka 1988 S04
    |--S. multilineata Corpuz-Raros 1979 S04
    |--S. niliaca (Popp 1960) [=Oppiella niliaca] S04
    |--S. opuntiseta Balogh & Mahunka 1968 S04
    |--S. papillata Balogh & Mahunka 1966 S04
    |--S. quadrilineata Hammer 1982 S04
    |--S. silvicola Franklin & Woas 1992 S04
    |--S. similis Subías & Sarkar 1983 S04
    |    |--S. s. similis S04
    |    `--S. s. polynesica Subías & Sarkar 1983 S04
    |--S. stipularis (Jacot 1937) [=Oppiella stipularis] S04
    |--S. tribuliformis Balogh & Mahunka 1981 S04
    `--S. tripurensis Subías & Sarkar 1983 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.