Steganacarus

Steganacarus magnus, from Micropics.

Belongs within: Phthiracaridae.

Steganacarus is a genus of phthiracarid mites found in the Holarctic, Afrotropical and Neotropical regions in which seta d on tibia IV is long and removed from the solenidion.

<==Steganacarus Ewing 1917 S04
    |--S. (Steganacarus) [incl. Trachyhoplophora Berlese 1923] S04
    |    |--S. (S.) magnus (Nicolet 1855) S04 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |--S. (S.) applicatus (Sellnick 1920) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |    |--S. (S.) balearicus Pérez-Íñigo 1969 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) bicarinatus Jeleva 1970 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) caelestis Niedbała 1984 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) carlosi Niedbała 1984 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) carusoi Bernini & Avanzati 1989 [incl. S. applicatus crassisetosus Willmann 1939 (n. d.)] S04
    |    |--S. (S.) coniunctus Niedbała 1983 [incl. S. danae Mahunka & Miko 1989] S04
    |    |--S. (S.) donatoi Avanzati, Baratti & Bernini 1994 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) doumandji Niedbała 1986 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) flagellatissimus Mahunka 1979 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) grandjeani Mahunka 1977 [incl. S. sacculiferus Parry 1978] S04
    |    |--S. (S.) guanarteme Pérez-Íñigo & Peña 1996 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) herculeanus Willmann 1953 [incl. S. longisetosus Moraza 1985] S04
    |    |--S. (S.) hirsutus Pérez-Íñigo 1974 S04
    |    |    |--S. h. hirsutus [incl. S. perezinigoi Balogh & Mahunka 1979] S04
    |    |    `--S. h. azorensis Pérez-Íñigo 1992 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) inaestimabilis Niedbała 1984 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) incognitus Niedbała 1984 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) incomptus Niedbała 1983 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) insulanus Pérez-Íñigo & Pérez-Íñigo 1996 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) inurbanus Niedbała 1983 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) manganellii Avanzati, Baratti & Bernini 1994 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) maximus (Haupt 1882) (n. d.) [=Hoplophora maxima] S04
    |    |--S. (S.) michaeli Bernini & Avanzati 1987 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) nemorosus Gordeeva 1991 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) patruelis Niedbała 1983 [incl. S. lazitanicus Mahunka & Miko 1989] S04
    |    |--S. (S.) personatus Niedbała 1983 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) similis Willmann 1939 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) simonettae Bernini & Avanzati 1987 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) sol Balogh 1958 S04 [incl. Hoplophthiracarus peracutus Mahunka 1983 S04, S. peracutus N86]
    |    |--S. (S.) spinosus (Sellnick 1920) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |    |--S. (S.) tenerifensis Pérez-Íñigo 1972 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) travei Lions 1968 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) vernaculus Niedbała 1982 S04
    |    |--S. (S.) vestitus Niedbała 1983 [incl. S. complicatus Mahunka 1993] S04
    |    |--S. (S.) wallworki Mahunka 1984 S04
    |    `--S. (S.) werneri Mahunka 1993 S04
    |--S. (Rafacarus Niedbała 1982) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |    |--S. (*R.) rafalskii (Niedbała 1982) S04 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |--S. (R.) angulatus (Balogh & Mahunka 1992) [=Neosteganacarus angulatus] S04
    |    |--S. (R.) niedbalai (Pérez-Íñigo & Baggio 1996) [=Protophthiracarus niedbalai] S04
    |    |--S. (R.) relictus (Balogh & Mahunka 1992) [=Neosteganacarus relictus] S04
    |    `--S. (R.) valeriae (Balogh & Mahunka 1992) [=Nortonacarus valeriae] S04
    `--S. (Tropacarus Ewing 1917) [incl. Calhoplophora Berlese 1923] S04
         |--S. (*T.) carinatus (Koch 1841) S04 (see below for synonymy)
         |--S. (T.) balcanicus Berninni & Avanzati 1989 S04
         |--S. (T.) boulfekhari Niedbała 1986 S04
         |--S. (T.) brevipilus (Berlese 1923) S04 (see below for synonymy)
         |--S. (T.) callainii Bernini, Bernini & Avanzati 1989 S04
         |--S. (T.) desmeti Niedbała 1988 [incl. S. (T.) altitudinis Bernini, Bernini & Avanzati 1989] S04
         |--S. (T.) excavatus (Niedbała 1981) [=Tropacarus excavatus] S04
         |--S. (T.) lasithiensis Mahunka 1979 S04
         |--S. (T.) maghrebinus Bernini, Bernini & Avanzati 1989 S04
         |--S. (T.) malatestai Avanzati, Baratti & Bernini 1994 S04
         `--S. (T.) pseudocarinatus Bernini & Avanzati 1989 S04

Steganacarus (Rafacarus Niedbała 1982) [incl. Neosteganacarus Balogh & Mahunka 1992, Nortonacarus Balogh & Mahunka 1992] S04

Steganacarus (*Rafacarus) rafalskii (Niedbała 1982) S04 [=Rafacarus rafalskii S04; incl. Neosteganacarus cataracta Balogh & Mahunka 1992 S04]

Steganacarus (Steganacarus) applicatus (Sellnick 1920) [=Phthiracarus applicatus; incl. P. berlesei Oudemans 1915 non Michael 1898, Hoplophora quadriseriata Haupt 1882] S04

Steganacarus (Steganacarus) magnus (Nicolet 1855) S04 [=Hoplophorella magna S04, Hoploderma magnum S22, Hoplophora magna BA87; incl. Hoplophora anomala Berlese 1883 S04, Hoploderma anomala CH98, *Steganacarus anomalus S04, Phthiracarus magnus anomaloides Oudemans 1915 S04, S. karamani Tarman 1962 S04, P. magna f. oblonga Oudemans 1915 N86, P. magnus rotundus Oudemans 1915 non Ewing 1908 S04, P. magnus transitans Oudemans 1915 S04]

Steganacarus (Steganacarus) spinosus (Sellnick 1920) [=Phthiracarus spinosus; incl. S. barborae Mahunka & Miko 1989, S. punctulatus Sergienko 1985] S04

Steganacarus (Tropacarus) brevipilus (Berlese 1923) S04 [=Phthiracrus (Trachyhoplophora) brevipilus S04, Tropacarus curtipilus (l. c.) N86; incl. Hoploderma brevipilus perfecta Sellnick 1931 S04]

Steganacarus (*Tropacarus) carinatus (Koch 1841) S04 [=Hoplophora carinata S04, Calhoplophora carinata N86, Hoploderma carinatum BA89, Hoplophora carinatum BA89; incl. Hoplophora carinata var. pulcherrima Berlese 1887 N86, S04, Steganacarus (Tropacarus) pulcherrimus BA91]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BA87] Bernini, F., & A. M. Avanzati. 1987. Notulae oribatologicae XLI. Some new Steganacarus species belonging to the magnus group (Acarida, Oribatida). International Journal of Acarology 13 (3): 165–176.

[BA89] Bernini, F., & A. M. Avanzati. 1989. Notulae oribatologicae XLVI. Steganacarus (Tropacarus) carinatus (C. L. Koch, 1841) and two new Mediterranean Tropacarus species (Acarida, Oribatida). Acarologia 30 (2): 143–161.

[BA91] Bernini, F., & A. M. Avanzati. 1991. A new approach to the systematics of the genus Steganacarus (Oribatida). In: Schuster, R., & P. W. Murphy (eds) The Acari: Reproduction, development and life-history strategies pp. 335–342. Chapman & Hall: London.

[CH98] Colloff, M. J., & R. B. Halliday. 1998. Oribatid Mites: A catalogue of Australian genera and species. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[N86] Niedbała, W. 1986. Catalogue des Phthiracaroidea (Acari), clef pour la détermination des espèces et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Annales Zoologici 40 (4): 309–370.

[N91] Niedbała, W. 1991. Preliminary hypotheses on the biogeography of the Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida). In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 2 pp. 219–231. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[S22] Schweizer, J. 1922. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der terrestrischen Milbenfauna der Schweiz. Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basel 33: 23–112, 4 pls.

[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.