Zetorchestidae

Dorsal view and leg IV of Zetorchestes flabrarius, from Norton & Behan-Pelletier (2009).

Belongs within: Circumdehiscentiae.

The Zetorchestidae are a family of oribatid mites found primarily among plant debris that often have the hindmost legs modified for jumping (Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009).

Characters (from Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009): Length 330–550 µm. Subcapitulum diarthric; chelicerae chelate-dentate. Prodorsum with true lamellae. Cerotegument with large globules; octotaxic system absent. One or two pairs of adanal setae, positioned postanally. Tarsus I with three solenidia, pretarsus with very small claw, tarsal pulvillus present; legs IV modified for jumping or not.

<==Zetorchestidae [Zetorchestinae, Zetorchestoidea]
    |--Litholestes Grandjean 1951 S04
    |    `--*L. altitudinis Grandjean 1951 S04
    |--Strenzkea Travé 1967 S04
    |    `--*S. depilata Travé 1967 S04
    |--Microzetorchestes Balogh 1943 [incl. Diorchestes Grandjean 1951] S04
    |    |--*M. emeryi (Coggi 1898) [=Zetorchestes emeryi; incl. Z. consanguineus Oudemans 1902] S04
    |    `--M. italicus (Eyndhoven 1942) [=Zetorchestes italicus] S04
    |--Belorchestes Grandjean 1951 S04
    |    |--*B. planatus Grandjean 1951 S04
    |    |--B. gebennicus Grandjean 1957 S04
    |    `--B. sectus Pérez-Íñigo & Peña 1996 S04
    |--Saxicolestes Grandjean 1951 S04
    |    |--*S. auratus Grandjean 1951 S04
    |    |--S. armatus Grandjean 1951 BB92
    |    |--S. corsicanus Grandjean 1956 S04
    |    `--S. pollinivorus Travé 1963 S04
    `--Zetorchestes Berlese 1888 (see below for synonymy) S04
         |--*Z. micronychus (Berlese 1883) [=Carabodes micronychus] S04
         |    |--Z. m. micronychus S04
         |    `--Z. m. unicorniculatus Lombardini 1961 (n. d.) S04
         |--Z. aokii Krisper 1987 S04
         |--Z. equestris Berlese 1908 S04
         |--Z. falzonii Coggi 1898 SK10, S04
         |--Z. flabrarius Grandjean 1951 S04
         |--Z. grandjeani Krisper 1987 S04
         |--Z. novaguineanus Krisper 1987 S04
         |--Z. ornatus Mahunka 1985 S04
         |--Z. pacificus Sellnick 1959 [=Z. micronychus pacificus] S04
         |--Z. phylliferus Mahunka 1983 [=Z. (Phyllorchestes) phylliferus] S04
         |--Z. phyllosetus Mahunka 1977 S04
         |--Z. reticulatus Karppinen & Poltavskaja 1990 S04
         |--Z. saltator Oudemans 1915 S04
         |--Z. schusteri Krisper 1984 S04
         |--Z. transvaalensis Coetzee 1989 S04
         |--Z. trituberculatus Berlese 1916 (n. d.) S04
         `--Z. vanderhammeni Krisper 1987 S04

Zetorchestes Berlese 1888 [incl. Leptorchistis Canestrini & Berlese 1885 non Thorell 1876, Phyllorchestes Mahunka 1983] S04

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BB92] Balogh, J., & P. Balogh. 1992. The Oribatid Mites Genera of the World vol. 2. Plates. Hungarian Natural History Museum: Budapest.

Norton, R. A., & V. M. Behan-Pelletier. 2009. Suborder Oribatida. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3rd ed. pp. 430–564. Texas Tech University Press.

[SK10] Schäffer, S., S. Koblmüller, T. Pfingstl, C. Sturmbauer & G. Krisper. 2010. Ancestral state reconstruction reveals multiple independent evolution of diagnostic morphological characters in the "Higher Oribatida" (Acari), conflicting with current classification. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 246.

[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.