Oribotritia

Oribotritia sp., copyright Tom Murray.

Belongs within: Euphthiracaroidea.

Oribotritia is a cosmopolitan genus of euphthiracaroid box mites (Subías 2004).

See also: Oribotritia: some mites just want to be left alone.

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992, as Oribotritia + Berndotritia): Bothridial squama situated above bothridium. Posterior median apodeme present. Genital-aggenital suture complete, genital and aggenital plates well separated; genital setae in paraxial position, in longitudinal row; ano-genital cleft oblique, well developed; interlocking triangle absent.

<==Oribotritia Jacot 1924 (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--O. berlesei (Michael 1898) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--O. africana Starý 1993 [incl. O. bicarinata Niedbala 1993] S04
    |--O. ampla Niedbala 1991 S04
    |--O. anceps Niedbala 2000 S04
    |--O. angusta Mahunka 1982 S04
    |--O. aokii Mahunka 1987 S04
    |--O. asiatica Hammer 1977 [incl. O. koreense Mahunka 1982] S04
    |    |--O. a. asiatica S04
    |    `--O. a. norikoae Suzuoka 1983 S04
    |--O. attenuata Niedbala & Schatz 1996 S04
    |--O. bagnalli (Hull 1916) [=Phthiracarus bagnalli] S04
    |--O. banksi (Oudemans 1916) [=Tritia banksi] S04
    |--O. bipartita Niedbala 2000 S04
    |--O. brevis Niedbala & Colloff 1997 S04
    |--O. brevisetosa Niedbała 2003 N07
    |--O. bulbifer (Mahunka 1987) S04 [=*Berndotritia bulbifer BB92]
    |--O. capitanea Niedbala & Corpuz-Raros 1998 S04
    |--O. carolinae Jacot 1930 S04
    |--O. cherokee Niedbala 2002 S04
    |--O. chichijimensis Aoki 1980 [incl. O. chichijimensis ryukyuensis Nakatamari 1985] S04
    |--O. contortula Niedbala 1993 S04
    |--O. contraria Niedbala 2000 S04
    |--O. corporaali (Oudemans 1926) [=Tritia corporaali] S04
    |--O. decumana (Koch 1836) (n. d.) [=Hoplophora decumana] S04
    |--O. didyma Niedbala & Schatz 1996 S04
    |--O. duplex Niedbala 2000 S04
    |--O. exilis (Sellnick 1923) [=Tritia exilis] S04
    |--O. fennica Forsslund & Märkel 1963 S04
    |--O. gigas Bayoumi & Mahunka 1979 S04
    |--O. hauseri Mahunka 1982 S04
    |--O. hawaiiensis (Jacot 1929) [=Euphthiracarus (Indotritia) hawaiiensis] S04
    |--O. henicos Niedbala 2002 S04
    |--O. hermanni Grandjean 1967 S04
    |--O. heterotricha Niedbala 2000 S04
    |--O. incognita Niedbala 2000 S04
    |--O. laselve Niedbała 2003 N07
    |--O. magna (Ewing 1907) [=Phthiracarus magnus] S04
    |--O. megale (Walker 1965) [=Plesiotritia megale] S04
    |--O. nepalensis Niedbala 2000 S04
    |--O. opipara Niedbala 2002 S04
    |--O. oregonensis Niedbala 2002 S04
    |--O. paraaokii Niedbala 2000 S04
    |--O. paraspinosa Mahunka 1999 S04
    |--O. pulla Niedbala 1998 S04
    |--O. rafalskii Niedbala 1997 S04
    |--O. samoaensis Niedbala 1998 S04
    |--O. serrata Feider & Suciu 1958 S04
    |--O. serrula Niedbala & Schatz 1996 S04
    |--O. solitaria Niedbala 1993 S04
    |--O. spinosa (Mahunka 1988) [=Philotritia spinosa] S04
    |--O. storkani Feider & Suciu 1957 S04
    |--O. submolesta Niedbala 2000 S04
    |--O. subsolana N01
    |--O. succincta Niedbala 1998 S04
    |--O. teretis Niedbala 1993 S04
    |--O. tiwi Mahunka 1987 S04
    |--O. tokukoae Aoki 1973 S04
    |--O. trisetosa Niedbala & Schatz 1996 S04
    `--O. virgulata Niedbala 2001 S04

Oribotritia Jacot 1924 [incl. Berndotritia Mahunka 1987, Philotritia Mahunka 1988, Plesiotritia Walker 1965, Tritia Berlese 1883 (preoc.)] S04

Oribotritia berlesei (Michael 1898) [=Phthiracarus berlesei; incl. Hoplophora decumana Berlese 1883 non Koch 1836, *Oribotritia decumana] S04

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BB92] Balogh, J., & P. Balogh. 1992. The Oribatid Mites Genera of the World vol. 1. Hungarian Natural History Museum: Budapest.

[N01] Niedbała, W. 2001. Study of the diversity of Ptyctima (Acari: Oribatida) and quest for centres of its origin: the fauna of the Oriental and Australian regions. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 143–148. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[N07] Niedbała, W. 2007. Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Costa Rica. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 39–42. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

[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.