Scutovertex

Scutovertex sculptus, copyright J. Schulz.

Belongs within: Licneremaeoidea.

Scutovertex is a cosmopolitan genus of oribatid mites (Subías 2004).

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Prodorsum with lamellae narrow, translamella well developed. Notogaster oval, usually with quadrangular lenticulus; nine pairs of notogastral setae; two pairs of areae porosae; pteromorphae absent. Six pairs of genital setae; one pair of aggenital setae; two pairs of anal setae; three pairs of adanal setae. Legs tridactyle.

<==Scutovertex Michael 1879 [incl. Neoscutovertex Mihelčič 1957] S04
    |  i. s.: S. alpinus Willmann 1953 S04
    |         S. bulgaricus Kunst 1961 S04
    |         S. clypeatus (Nicolet 1855) (n. d.) [=Tegeocranus clypeatus] S04
    |         S. evansi Mahunka 1984 S04
    |         S. fossatus Wallwork 1967 S04
    |         S. glaber Mihelčič 1957 S04 [=S. (*Neoscutovertex) glaber S04, BB92]
    |         S. glandulosus Balogh & Mahunka 1965 S04
    |         S. inlenticulatus Sitnikova 1975 S04
    |         S. jindianensis Wen 1985 S04
    |         S. laminipes Hammer 1961 S04
    |         S. marginatus Mahunka 1983 S04
    |         S. neonominatus Subías 2004 [=S. perforatus Sitnikova 1975 non Berlese 1910] S04
    |         S. niger Moskacheva 1964 S04
    |         S. ornatus Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1964 S04
    |         S. perforatulus Mihelčič 1958 S04
    |         S. pilosetosus Polderman 1977 S04
    |         S. punctatus Sitnikova 1975 S04
    |         S. serratus Sitnikova 1975 S04
    |         S. spinipes Berlese 1916 (n. d.) S04
    |         S. subspinipes Balogh 1959 S04
    |--S. pileatus SK10
    `--+--S. pannonicus Schuster 1958 SK10, S04
       `--+--*S. sculptus Michael 1879 S04, SK10, S04 (see below for synonymy)
          `--S. minutus (Koch 1836) SK10, S04 [=Cepheus minutus S04; incl. Eremaeus ovalis siculus Berlese 1887 S04]

*Scutovertex sculptus Michael 1879 S04, SK10, S04 [incl. S. (Neoscutovertex) granulatus Mihelčič 1957 S04, Eremaeus ovalis Koch 1841 (n. d.) S04, S. (N.) rugosus Mihelčič 1957 S04, S. steineri Mihelčič 1956 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.

[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.