Trichouropoda

Trichouropoda orbicularis, photographed by Eric Palevsky.

Belongs within: Uropodoidea.

Trichouropoda is a genus of uropodoid mites characterised by the presence of one or two pairs of remarkably long posteroventral setae on the idiosoma (Evans & Till 1979). The species T. orbicularis may be found colonising food storages (Lindquist et al. 2009).

Characters (from Evans & Till 1979): Levator tendon of movable digit of chelicera with a sclerotized node; dorsal shield not divided; idiosoma with one or two pairs of outstandingly long setae posteroventrally; both sexes with pedofossae; genu I lacking paired ventral setae.

<==Trichouropoda Berlese 1916 H98 [incl. Ipiduropoda Hirschmann 1978 FH93, Leiodinychus Berlese 1917 E57]
    |--*T. longiseta (Berlese 1888) ET79 [=Uropoda longiseta FH93]
    |--T. adjuncti Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. alascae Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1987 FH93
    |--T. albertaserrata Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. angusta Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. asionis Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. australis Hirschmann 1972 [=Leiodinychus australis Moser & Roton 1971 (n. n.)] FH93
    |--T. azteka (Vitzthum 1921) [=Uropoda azteka] FH93
    |--T. bellatula VKC07
    |--T. bipilis ET79
    |--T. bonansai Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. californica Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. campbelli Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. canadainterstructura Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. canadaobscura Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. canadaovalis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. canadatuberosa Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. canadensis (Berlese 1904) [=Uropoda campomolendina var. canadensis] FH93
    |--T. chiapasa Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. cienfugi Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. cocosensis Hirschman & Wiśniewski 1988 VKC07
    |--T. columbiaovalis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. columbiaserrata Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. concinna (Trouessart 1902) [=Uropoda concinna] FH93
    |--T. coprophila Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. cribricollis Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1987 FH93
    |--T. cubana Huţu 1977 FH93
    |--T. denticulata Hirschmann 1972 [=Uropodinychus denticulatus Moser & Roton 1971 (n. n.)] FH93
    |--T. denticulatasimilis Wiśniewski & Hirschmann 1987 FH93
    |--T. durangoensis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. eichleri Hirschmann & Wisniewski 1987 H98
    |--T. elegantissima Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. falconis Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. fallax (Vitzthum 1926) [=Uropoda fallax] FH93
    |--T. febris (Vitzthum 1926) [=Uropoda febris] FH93
    |--T. fumiakii VKC07
    |--T. fungivora Hirshmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. grandjeani Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--T. guatemalensis Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--T. hirsuta Hirschmann 1972 [=Leiodinychus hirsutus Moser & Roton 1971 (n. n.)] FH93
    |--T. hondurasae Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. idahoensis Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. integra Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. knoxvillensis Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. krantzi LKW09
    |--T. kryptopoda VKC07
    |--T. lamellosa Hirschmann 1972 [=Urodinychus lamellosus Moser & Roton 1971 (n. n.)] FH93
    |--T. lativentris (Vitzthum 1926) [=Uropoda lativentris] FH93
    |--T. leoniana Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. lindquisti Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. lindquistisimilis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. longitricha Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1969 FH93
    |--T. maeandralis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. martini Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. mazatlani Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. mexicodialveolata Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--T. mexicoovalis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. mirabilis Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. montanae Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. montezumae Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1987 FH93
    |--T. moseri Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--T. obscura (Koch 1836) [=Notaspis obscurus] FH93
    |--T. obscurasimilis Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1961 H91
    |--T. ontarioovalis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. orbimexicana Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. orbicularis (Koch 1839) H98 (see below for synonymy)
    |--T. ovalis (Koch 1839) K07
    |--T. ovalistreati Hirschmann 1980 FH93
    |--T. pallida (Ewing 1909) [=Uropoda pallida] FH93
    |--‘Leiodinychus’ parasititucs SH01
    |--T. peritrematalis Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--T. pinevillensis Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. pityophthori Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. polycanadiensis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. polycolumbiensis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. polyguatemalae Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. polymexicana Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. polypora Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. polytrichasimilis Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--T. praeacuta (Fox 1948) [=Leiodinychus praeacutus] FH93
    |--T. rufipennis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. rugosa Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1987 FH93
    |--T. saltoensis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. sellnicki Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1969 [incl. T. atlantica Sellnick 1963 (preoc.)] FH93
    |--T. sellnickioides Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. serratasimilis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. similibipilus Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--T. simpla (Fox 1948) [=Leiodinychus simplus] FH93
    |--T. solarissima Hirschmann 1978 VKC07
    |--T. somersetana Wisniewski & Hirschmann 1987 H98
    |--T. spickaovalis Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. tegucigalpae Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. transportabilis (Vitzthum 1921) [=Uropoda transportabilis, Trichoruopoda (l. c.) transportabilis] H98
    |--T. treati Hirschmann 1980 FH93
    |--T. trichomexicana Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. urospinoidea Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1961 FH93
    |--T. utahensis Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1987 FH93
    |--T. uvaeformis (Vitzthum 1921) [=Uropoda uvaeformis, Trichoruopoda (l. c.) uvaeformis] H98
    `--T. wilkinsoni Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93

Trichouropoda orbicularis (Koch 1839) H98 [=Notaspis orbicularis H98, Leiodinychus orbicularis LO91; incl. Uropoda krameri Canestrini 1884 H98, Urodinychus (*Leiodinychus) krameri S22, E57]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[H91] Huţu, M. 1991. Reproduction, embryonic and postembryonic development of Trichouropoda obscurasimilis Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1961 (Anactinotrichida: Uropodina). In: Schuster, R., & P. W. Murphy (eds) The Acari: Reproduction, development and life-history strategies pp. 287–299. Chapman & Hall: London.

[K07] Kontschán, J. 2007. Some new records of Uropodina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro with descriptions of two new species. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 99: 177–188.

[LO91] Lehtinen, P. T., & I. Oksala. 1991. Astigmatic and prostigmatic mites of grain stores, mills and sawmills in Finland. In: Schuster, R., & P. W. Murphy (eds) The Acari: Reproduction, development and life-history strategies pp. 519–520. Chapman & Hall: London.

[LKW09] Lindquist, E. E., G. W. Krantz & D. E. Walter. 2009. Order Mesostigmata. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 124–232. Texas Tech University Press.

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

[SH01] Sumangala, K., & M. A. Haq. 2001. Survey of the mite fauna associated with Apis spp. in Kerala, southern India. 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. 565–568. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[VKC07] Vázquez, M. M., H. Klompen & C. I. Chargoy. 2007. Study of the Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and Belize. 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. 43–50. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

Last updated: 7 April 2021.