Passalozetes

Dorsal (left) and ventral views of Passalozetes demeteri, from Balogh & Balogh (1992 vol. 2).

Belongs within: Licneremaeoidea.

Passalozetes is a genus of oribatid mites found in Eurasia, Africa and the Americas, usually with a well-defined circular lenticulus on the notogaster.

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Prodorsum without lamellae or translamella; sensillus slightly dilated. Anterior part of notogaster usually with circular lenticulus; ten pairs of notogastral setae; three pairs of small areae porosae; pteromorphae absent. Four pairs of genital setae; one pair of aggenital setae; two pairs of anal setae; two pairs of adanal setae. Legs tridactyle or monodactyle.

<==Passalozetes Grandjean 1932 S04
    |  i. s.: P. bidactylus S79
    |         P. perforatus NB-P09
    |--P. (Passalozetes) S04
    |    |--*P. (P.) africanus Grandjean 1932 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) agricola Mínguez & Subías 1983 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) californicus Wallwork 1972 S04
    |    |    |--P. c. californicus S04
    |    |    `--P. c. orientalis Wallwork, Weems & Kamill 1984 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) douglasensis Engelbrecht 1974 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) hauseri Mahunka 1977 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) hispanicus Mihelčič 1955 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) imperfectus Pérez-Íñigo 1991 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) inlenticulatus Mihelčič 1959 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) karppineni Mikhaltzova 1982 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) lienhardi Mahunka 1997 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) macedonicus Tarman 1962 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) neomexicanus Wallwork, Weems & Kamill 1984 S04
    |    |    |--P. n. neomexicanus S04
    |    |    `--P. n. neonominatus Subías 2004 (see below for synonymy) S04
    |    |--P. (P.) nesebarensis Vanek 1966 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) niger Mahunka 1987 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) onubensis Subías, Ruiz & Kahwash 1990 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) paucesculptus Bernini 1973 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) prominens Balogh & Mahunka 1968 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) ruderalis Mínguez & Subías 1983 S04
    |    |--P. (P.) scholzi Pérez-Íñigo & Peña 1996 S04
    |    `--P. (P.) stellifer Pérez-Íñigo & Peña 1997 S04
    `--P. (Passalomonia Mahunka 1987) S04
         `--P. (*P.) demeteri Mahunka 1987 S04

Passalozetes neomexicanus neonominatus Subías 2004 [=P. neomexicanus granulatus Wallwork, Weems & Kamill 1984 non P. granulatus Mihelčič 1955] S04

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

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

[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.

[S79] Schuster, R. 1979. Soil mites in the marine environment. Recent Advances in Acarology 1: 593–602.

[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.

Bipassalozetes

Bipassalozetes sp., copyright Monica Young.

Belongs within: Licneremaeoidea.

Bipassalozetes is a genus of oribatid mites found in Eurasia, Africa and North America, with a well-defined circular lenticulus on the notogaster and bidactylous legs.

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Sensillus setiform. Anterior part of notogaster with circular lenticulus; ten pairs of notogastral setae; three pairs of small areae porosae. Genital plates with four pairs of setae; aggenital setae present. Legs bidactyle.

<==Bipassalozetes Mihelčič 1957 S04
    |--B. (Bipassalozetes) [incl. Salpasozetes Mahunka 1977] S04
    |    |--*B. (B.) permixtus (Mihelčič 1957) [=Passalozetes (*B.) permixtus] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) berndhauseri (Mahunka 1997) [=Passalozetes (B.) berndhauseri] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) bidactylus (Coggi 1900) [=Scutovertex bidactylus] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) deserticus Bayartogtokh & Aoki 1997 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) elegans (Sitnikova 1975) [=Passalozetes elegans] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) gobiensis (Mahunka 1964) [=Passalozetes gobiensis] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) intermedius (Mihelčič 1954) [=Passalozetes intermedius; incl. P. variatepictus Mihelčič 1956] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) lineolatus (Sitnikova 1975) [=Passalozetes lineolatus] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) mahunkai Bayartogtokh & Aoki 1997 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) microsculptratus Bayartogtokh & Aoki 1997 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) mongolicus Bayartogtokh & Aoki 1997 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) moniles (Higgins & Woolley 1975) [=Passalozetes moniles] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) nitidus (Bayoumi & Al-Khalifa 1984) [=Passalozetes nitidus] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) pectinatus (Wallwork 1964) [=Passalozetes pectinatus] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) perforatus (Berlese 1910) (see below for synonymy) S04
    |    |--B. (B.) reticulatus (Mihelčič 1957) [=Passalozetes reticulatus] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) rugosus (Sitnikova 1975) [=Passalozetes rugosus] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) striatus (Mihelčič 1955) [=Passalozetes striatus; incl. P. kaszabi Mahunka 1964] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) tibialis (Nicolet 1855) (n. d.) [=Eremaeus tibialis] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) vicinus (Mihelčič 1957) [=Passalozetes vicinus] S04
    |    `--B. (B.) wolwekransensis (Engelbrecht 1974) [=Passalozetes wolwekransensis] S04
    `--B. (Passalobates Pérez-Íñigo & Peña 1996) S04
         |--B. (*P.) asper (Pérez-Íñigo & Peña 1996) [=*Passalobates asper] S04
         |--B. (P.) linearis (Higgins & Woolley 1962) [=Passalozetes linearis] S04
         `--B. (P.) sabulosus (Shtanchaeva 1986) [=Passalozetes sabulosus] S04

Bipassalozetes (Bipassalozetes) perforatus (Berlese 1910) [=Scutovertex perforatus; incl. Passalozetes granulatus Mihelčič 1955, P. propinquus Mihelčič 1956] S04

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

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

[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.

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.

Licneremaeus

Licneremaeus licnophorus, copyright R. Penttinen.

Belongs within: Licneremaeoidea.

Licneremaeus is a cosmopolitan genus of oribatid mites.

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Prodorsum with costulae present, translamella absent; sensillus leaf-shaped. Anterior part of notogaster usually with circular lenticulus; thirteen pairs of notogastral setae; two pairs of slightly visible areae porosae; pteromorphae absent. Five pairs of genital setae; aggenital setae absent; two pairs of anal setae; two pairs of adanal setae. Legs tridactyle.

<==Licneremaeus Paoli 1908 S04
    |--*L. licnophorus (Michael 1882) [=Notaspis licnophorus] S04
    |--L. costulatus Mahunka 1982 S04
    |--L. cristatus Mahunka 1984 S04
    |--L. cubanus Balogh & Mahunka 1980 S04
    |--L. discoidalis Willmann 1930 [incl. L. antillensis Mahunka 1985] S04
    |--L. embeyisztini Mahunka 1980 S04
    |--L. exornatus Grandjean 1931 S04
    |--L. giustii Bernini 1973 S04
    |--L. linieatus Hammer 1979 S04
    |--L. novaeguineae Balogh 1968 S04
    |--L. novus Karppinen & Shtanchaeva 1987 S04
    |--L. polygonalis Hammer 1971 S04
    |--L. prodigiosus Schuster 1958 S04
    |--L. propinquus Balogh 1958 (n. d.) S04
    |--L. semiareolatus Mahunka 1978 S04
    `--L. similis Pérez-Íñigo 1990 S04

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

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

[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.