Fuscozetes

Fuscozetes fuscipes, copyright Biodiversity Institute of Ontario.

Belongs within: Ceratozetoidea.

Fuscozetes is a genus of oribatid mites found in Eurasia and North America (Subías 2004).

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Prodorsum with lamellae and translamella present; translamella short, lamellar cuspides near each other. Notogaster with fourteen pairs of setae; four pairs of areae porosae; pteromorphae immovable. Six pairs of genital setae; one pair of aggenital setae; two pairs of anal setae; three pairs of adanal setae. Legs tridactyle.

<==Fuscozetes Sellnick 1928 S04
    |--*F. fuscipes (Koch 1844) [=Oribata fuscipes; incl. Galumna slossonae Banks 1906] S04
    |--F. angustus (Banks 1910) [=Oribatella angusta] S04
    |--F. bidentatus (Banks 1895) [=Oribatella bidentata] S04
    |--F. cuauhtemoctzini Palacios-Vargas & Martínez-Crespo 1990 S04
    |--F. floridae Jacot 1935 [=F. bidentatus floridae] S04
    |--F. intermedius Caroli & Maffia 1934 [incl. Oribata rubens Koch 1839 (n. d.)] S04
    |--F. novus Shaldybina 1969 S04
    |--F. pini Dalenius 1964 S04
    |--F. pseudosetosus Shaldybina 1975 S04
    |--F. rotundatus Willmann 1930 S04
    |--F. setosus (Koch 1839) S04 [=Oribata setosa S04, Oribates setosus G46]
    `--F. tatricus Seniczak 1993 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.

[G46] Grandjean, F. 1946. Observations sur les acariens (9e série). Bulletin du Muséum, 2e série, 18 (4): 337–344.

[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.