Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus)

Phthiracarus borealis, copyright Macromite.

Belongs within: Phthiracaridae.

The subgenus Archiphthiracarus of the genus Phthiracarus is a cosmopolitan group of phthiracarid box mites (Subías 2004).

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Body surface not heavily sculptured. Interlamellar setae long and smooth; the majority of notogastral setae of the same type. Ano-adanal plates with five pairs of setae.

<==Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus Balogh & Mahunka 1979) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--P. (A.) peristomaticus Willmann 1951 (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--P. (A.) aegypticus (Al-Assiuty, Bayoumi & Abdel-Hamid 1984) [=Archiphthiracarus aegypticus] S04
    |--P. (A.) aliquantus Niedbala 1988 S04
    |--P. (A.) anonymus Grandjean 1933 (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--P. (A.) armatus (Mahunka 1986) [=Hoplophorella armata] S04
    |--P. (A.) assimilis Niedbala 1983 S04
    |--P. (A.) atlanticus (Pérez-Íñigo 1987) [=Archiphthiracarus atlanticus] S04
    |--P. (A.) atratus (Niedbala 2000) [=Notophthiracarus atratus] S04
    |--P. (A.) australis (Aoki 1980) [=Paraphthiracarus australis] S04
    |--P. (A.) baloghi Feider & Suciu 1957 S04
    |--P. (A.) borealis (Trägardh 1910) [=Hoploderma boreale] S04
    |--P. (A.) brevisetae Jacot 1930 [incl. P. restrictus Jacot 1937] S04
    |--P. (A.) bryobius Jacot 1930 (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--P. (A.) bulbiferus (Mahunka 1996) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--P. (A.) cadizi Niedbala 1986 S04
    |--P. (A.) cavernosus (Wallwork 1977) [=Hoplophthiracarus cavernosus] S04
    |--P. (A.) clavatus Parry 1979 S04
    |--P. (A.) cognatus Niedbała 1988 S04
    |--P. (A.) comatus Niedbala 1983 S04
    |--P. (A.) crassus Niedbala 1983 S04
    |--P. (A.) crispus Hammer 1972 S04
    |--P. (A.) curiosus Niedbala 1998 S04
    |--P. (A.) curtulus Berlese 1923 S04
    |--P. (A.) dissonus Niedbala 1983 S04
    |--P. (A.) dominiaki Niedbala 1984 S04
    |--P. (A.) endroedrii (Mahunka 1984) [=Archiphthiracarus endroedrii] S04
    |--P. (A.) eupalineus Mahunka 2001 S04
    |--P. (A.) falciformis Morell & Subías 1991 S04
    |--P. (A.) flagellatus Wallwork 1977 S04
    |--P. (A.) flexipilus Calugar & Vasiliu 1981 S04
    |--P. (A.) fraternus Niedbala 1998 S04
    |--P. (A.) furvus Niedbala 1983 S04
    |--P. (A.) gibber (Aoki 1980) [=Paraphthiracarus gibber] S04
    |--P. (A.) globifer Hammer 1962 S04
    |--P. (A.) globosus (Koch 1841) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--P. (A.) imbecilis (Mahunka 1989) [=Archiphthiracarus imbecilis] S04
    |--P. (A.) inacessus Niedbala 1998 S04
    |--P. (A.) inornatus Niedbala 1984 S04
    |--P. (A.) invenustus Niedbala 2000 S04
    |--P. (A.) largus Niedbala 1984 S04
    |--P. (A.) ligneus Willmann 1931 [incl. P. sellnicki Feider & Suciu 1957] S04
    |--P. (A.) liparus Niedbala 1984 S04
    |--P. (A.) mediocris Niedbala 1984 S04
    |--P. (A.) modestus Niedbala 1988 S04
    |--P. (A.) montanus Pérez-Íñigo 1969 (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--P. (A.) murphyi Harding 1976 S04, NB-P09, S04
    |--P. (A.) neonominatus Subías 2004 (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--P. (A.) nitidus Niedbala 1986 S04
    |--P. (A.) obscurus Niedbala 1986 S04
    |--P. (A.) occultus Niedbala 1981 S04
    |--P. (A.) ochthus Niedbala 2001 S04
    |--P. (A.) opacus Niedbala 1986 S04
    |--P. (A.) ornatus Mahunka 1991 S04
    |--P. (A.) papillosus Parry 1979 S04
    |--P. (A.) parabaloghi Niedbala 1983 S04
    |--P. (A.) parabotrichus Feider & Suciu 1957 S04
    |--P. (A.) paraglobosus Niedbala 1982 S04
    |--P. (A.) parapocsi Niedbala 2001 S04
    |--P. (A.) paratubulus Niedbala 1991 S04
    |--P. (A.) parmatus (Nakatamari 1985) [=Paraphthiracarus parmatus] S04
    |--P. (A.) paucus Niedbala 1991 S04
    |--P. (A.) pellucidus Ramsay 1966 S04
    |--P. (A.) persimilis Niedbala 1998 S04
    |--P. (A.) plenus Niedbala 1998 S04
    |--P. (A.) puylaerti (Niedbala 2001) [=Notophthiracarus puylaerti] S04
    |--P. (A.) pygmaeus Balogh 1958 (see below for synonymy) S04
    |--P. (A.) robertsi Sheals 1965 S04
    |--P. (A.) sangumburiensis (Niedbala 2002) [=Hoplophthiracarus sangumburiensis] S04
    |--P. (A.) sanvicensis Subías & Gil-Martín 1990 S04
    |--P. (A.) schauenbergi (Mahunka 1988) [=Archiphthiracarus schauenbergi] S04
    |--P. (A.) scitus Niedbala 1983 S04
    |--P. (A.) similis Niedbala 1981 S04
    |--P. (A.) stramineus (Koch 1841) [=Hoplophora straminea] S04
    |--P. (A.) subdolus Niedbala 1983 S04
    |--P. (A.) subiasi Niedbala 1986 S04
    |--P. (A.) sudamericanus (Pérez-Íñigo & Baggio 1993) [=Archiphthiracarus sudamericanus] S04
    |--P. (A.) torosus Willmann 1939 S04
    |--P. (A.) tubulus S04
    `--P. (A.) ‘wallworki’ Niedbala 1984 non Austrophthiracarus wallworki Balogh & Balogh 1983 S04

Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus Balogh & Mahunka 1979) [incl. Archiphthiracarella Mahunka 1996, Microphthiracarus Mahunka 1982, Paraphthiracarus Aoki 1980] S04

Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus) anonymus Grandjean 1933 [incl. P. anonymus amicus Jacot 1938, Archiphthiracarus hauseri Mahunka 1988, A. pocsi Mahunka 1983] S04

Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus) bryobius Jacot 1930 [=P. setosellum bryobius; incl. P. crinitosimilis Willmann 1939, Archiphthiracarus gobiensis Mahunka 1981, A. hungaricus Balogh & Mahunka 1979, Phthiracarus lanatus Feider & Suciu 1957, P. pilosus Sergienko 1987] S04

Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus) bulbiferus (Mahunka 1996) [=Archiphthiracarella bulbifera; incl. A. baloghorum Mahunka 1997, Phthiracarus insularis Balogh 1964 non Jacot 1934, P. minor Niedbala 2001] S04

Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus) globosus (Koch 1841) [=Hoplophora globosa; incl. P. globus Parry 1979, P. rotundus Ewing 1908, Hoplophora sphaerula Banks 1895, P. subglobosus Berlese 1923] S04

Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus) montanus Pérez-Íñigo 1969 [incl. P. rectisetosus Parry 1979, Archiphthiracarus tzanoudakisi Mahunka 1979] S04

Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus) neonominatus Subías 2004 [=Microphthiracarus baloghi Mahunka 1982 non P. baloghi Feider & Suciu 1957] S04

Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus) peristomaticus Willmann 1951 [incl. Archiphthiracarus hammeni Balogh & Mahunka 1979, *A. variabilis Balogh & Mahunka 1979] S04

Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus) pygmaeus Balogh 1958 [incl. Archiphthiracarus foveolatus Mahunka 1988, A. minutissimus Balogh & Mahunka 1980, Phthiracarus passimpunctatus Balogh 1988, P. serrula Balogh & Mahunka 1977] S04

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[NB-P09] Norton, R. A., & V. M. Behan-Pelletier. 2009. Suborder Oribatida. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 430–564. Texas Tech University Press.

[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.