Mesotritia

Mesotritia nuda, copyright R. Penttinen.

Belongs within: Euphthiracaroidea.

Mesotritia is a semi-cosmopolitan (unknown from Australasia) genus of euphthiracaroid box mites (Subías 2004).

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Aspis with one or two lateral carinae. Posterior median apodeme present. Genu IV without solenidion; seta d on tibia IV short, coupled with solenidion. Genital-aggenital suture complete, genital and aggenital plates well separated; genital setae in paraxial position, in longitudinal row; interlocking triangle absent.

<==Mesotritia Forsslund 1963 S04
    |--M. (Mesotritia) [incl. Entomotritia Märkel 1964] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) flagelliformis (Ewing 1909) [=Phthiracarus flagelliformis; incl. *M. testacea Forsslund 1963] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) australis Mahunka 1984 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) brasiliensis (Sellnick 1923) [=Tritia brasiliensis] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) breviseta Niedbala & Schatz 1996 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) clara Starý 1992 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) dissimilis Hammer 1977 [=M. (Entomotritia) dissimilis] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) elegantula Starý 1992 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) exobothridialis Bayartogtokh & Aoki 1998 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) faeroensis (Sellnick 1923) [=Tritia faeroensis] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) glabra Niedbala 2002 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) glabrata (Say 1821) [=Oribata glabrata] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) grandjeani (Feider & Suciu 1957) [=Oribotritia grandjeani] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) indica Sanyal 1988 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) jacoti Niedbala 2001 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) maerkeli Sheals 1965 [incl. M. flagellata Bayoumi & Mahunka 1979, M. spinosa Aoki 1980] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) minima Niedbala 2002 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) nitida Hammer 1977 [=M. (Entomotritia) nitida] S04
    |    |--M. (M.) nova Starý 1992 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) nuda (Berlese 1887) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |    |--M. (M.) okuyamai Aoki 1980 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) ruwenzorii Niedbala 1998 S04
    |    |--M. (M.) similis Niedbala 2000 S04
    |    `--M. (M.) virginiensis (Jacot 1930) [=Oribotritia virginiensis] S04
    `--M. (Perutritia Märkel 1964) S04
         |--M. (*P.) amazonensis (Maerkel 1964) [=*Perutritia amazonensis] S04
         |--M. (P.) asensillata (Ojeda 1992) [=Perutritia asensillata] S04
         `--M. (P.) curviseta (Hammer 1961) [=Oribotritia curviseta] S04

Mesotritia (Mesotritia) nuda (Berlese 1887) [=Tritia nuda; incl. Oribotritia brachythrix Walker 1965, Mesotritia elastica Sergienko 1988, M. (Entomotritia) piffli Märkel 1964] 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.