Abstract
Two new oribatid mite species viz. Papillacarus (Vepracarus) acaciensis sp. nov. and Licneremaeus indicus sp. nov. belonging to the respective oribatid families, Lohmanniidae and Licneremaeidae are described and illustrated. Specimens of both species were collected from litter of Acacia auriculiformis Benth. (Leguminosae) growing in different localities of the Calicut University Campus, Malappuram Dt. of Kerala. The family Licneremaeidae is recorded for the first time from India. Identification keys to all known species of the nominative subgenus Vepracarus and the genus Licneremaeus are also provided.
References
Aoki, J. (1961) Beschreibungen von neuen Oribatiden Japans. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology, 5 (1), 64–69.
https://doi.org/10.1303/jjaez.5.64
Aoki, J. (1965) Oribatiden (Acarina) Thailands. I. Nature and Life in Southeast Asia, 4, 129–193.
Balogh, J. (1958) Oribatides nouvelles de l’Afrique tropicale. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 58 (1–2), 1–34.
Balogh, J. (1961) An outline of the family Lohmanniidae Berlese, 1916 (Acari: Oribatei). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 7 (1–2), 19–44.
Balogh, J. (1968) New oribatids (Acari) from New Guinea. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 14 (3–4), 259–285.
Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. (1992) The oribatid mite genera of the world. Vol. 1. Hungarian National Museum Press, Budapest, 263 pp.
Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. (2002) Identification keys to the oribatid mites of the Extra-Holarctic regions. Vol. 1. Well-Press Publishing Limited, Miskolc, 453 pp.
Balogh, J. & Mahunka, S. (1980) New data to the knowledge of the oribatid fauna of Neogaea (Acari) V. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 26 (1–3), 21–59.
Berlese, A. (1904) Acari nuovi. Manipulus III. Redia, 2, 10–32.
Bernini, F. (1973) Notulae Oribatologicae VII. Gli Oribatei (Acarida) dell’isolotto di Basiluzzo (Isole Eolie). Lavori Della Societa Italiana Di Biogeografia, 3, 355–480.
https://doi.org/10.21426/B63110608
Bomfim, G.S., Silva, J.G. & Oliveira, A.R. (2017) A new species of Licneremaeus (Oribatida: Licneremaeidae) from Brazil, with an identification key to the known species of the genus. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 22, 1872–1883.
https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.22.11.7
Chen, Y. & Yang, M.F. (2011) Two new species of the family Lohmanniidae (Acari, Oribatida) from China. International Journal of Acarology, 37 (5), 448–454.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2010.525524
Chen, Y., Yang, M.F. & Liang, W.Q. (2010) A taxonomic study on the genus Vepracarus Aoki (Acari, Oribatida, Lohmanniidae), with description of a new species from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 35 (1), 35–37.
Corpuz-Raros, L.A. (1979) Philippine Oribatei (Acarina) I. Preliminary list of species and descriptions of forty new species. The Philippine agriculturist, 62 (1), 1–82.
Covarrubias, R. (2005) A new Altiplanic species from Chile: Licneremaeus altiplanicus n. sp. (Acari, Oribatida, Licneremaeidae). Acta Entomologica Chilena, 29 (1), 7–12.
Ermilov, S.G. (2015) Two new species of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from southern Vietnam. Acarina, 23 (1), 55–62.
Ermilov, S.G., Anichkin, A.E. & Wu, D. (2012) Two new species of the genus Papillacarus (Acari: Oribatida: Lohmanniidae) from caves of Southern Vietnam. Zootaxa, 3593 (1), 75–88.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3593.1.4
Ermilov, S.G.& Tolstikov, A.V. (2015) Report on oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Brazil, with description of a new species of the genus Papillacarus. Acarina, 23 (1), 49–54.
Fernandez, N., Theron, P., Rollard, C. & Leiva, S. (2015) Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from deep soils of Hòn Chông limestone hills, KienGiang Province, Vietnam. II. Descriptions of two new species, Papillacarus whitteni sp. nov. (Family Lohmanniidae) and Basilobelba maidililae sp. nov. (Family Basilobelbidae). International Journal of Acarology, 41 (2), 132–146.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2015.1014414
Fernandez, N.A., Marcangeli, J. & Eguaras, M. (1997) Les acariens (Oribates) des zones aridesd’Argentine. II. Huilicheremaeus michaii, n. gen., n. sp. Acarologia, 38 (1), 79–85.
Grandjean, F. (1931) Le genre Licneremaeus Paoli (Acariens). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 56, 221–250.
Grandjean, F. (1954) Essai de classification des oribates (Acariens). Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France, 78, 421 –445.
Hammer, M. (1971) On some oribatids from Viti Levu, Fiji Islands. Biologiske Skrifter udgivet af Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 16 (6), 1–60.
Hammer, M. (1979) Investigations on the oribatid fauna of Java. Biologiske Skrifter udgivet af Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 22 (9), 1–79.
Haq, M.A. & Ramani, N. (2002) Sampling, extraction and identification of oribatid mites. In: Yadav, P.R., Chauhan, R., Putatunda, B.N. & Chhillar, B.S. (Eds.), Mites, their identification and management. Department of Entomology, CCSHAU, Hisar, pp. 195–212.
Hu, S.H. & Wang, X.Z. (1990) Studies on the Chinese species of Lohmanniidae (Acari: Oribatida). Contract Shanghai Institute Entomology, 9, 127–140.
Karppinen, E. & Shtanchaeva, U. Ya. (1987) New oribatid mites (Acarina, Oribatei) from the Caucasus area. Annales Entomologici Fennici, 53, 61–65.
Kunst, M. (1959) Bulgarische Oribatiden (Acarina) III. Acta Universitatis Carolina Biologica, 6 (1), 51–74.
Mahunka, S. (1978) Neue und interessante Milben aus dem Genfer Museum. XXVII. A first survey of the oribatid (Acari) fauna of Mauritius, Reunion and the Seychelles I. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 85 (1), 177–236.
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.82228
Mahunka, S. (1980) Oribatids from Tunisian soils (Acari: Oribatida). I. Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 41 (1), 123–124.
Mahunka, S. (1982) Oribatids from eastern part of the Ethiopian region (Acari). I. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 28 (3–4), 293–336.
Mahunka, S. (1984) Oribatids from eastern part of the Ethiopian region (Acari). V. Acta Zoologica Hungarica, 30 (1–2), 87–136.
Mahunka, S. (1973) Zwei neue Lohmanniiden-Arten aus Korea (Acari, Oribatei). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 26, 49–56.
Mahunka, S. (1985) Mites (Acari) from St. Lucia (Antilles). 2. Oribatida. Acta Zoologica Hungarica, 31 (1–3), 119–178.
Michael, A.D. (1882) Further notes on British Oribatidae. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 2, 1–18.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1882.tb00175.x
Norton, R.A. (1977) A review of F. Grandjean’s system of leg chaetotaxy in the Oribatei (Acari) and its application to the family Damaeidae. In: Dindal, D.L. (Ed.), Biology of oribatid mites. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, pp. 33–61.
Norton, R.A. & Behan-Pelletier, V.M. (2009) Oribatida. In: Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (Eds.), A Manual of Acarology. 3rd Edition. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, Texas, pp. 430–564.
Paoli, G. (1908) Monografia del genere Dameosoma Berl. E generi affini. Redia, 5, 31–91.
Pérez-Íñigo, C. (1967) Les Lohmanniidae d’Espagne. Eos, Revista Espanola de Entomologia, 43 (1–2), 157–170.
Pérez-Íñigo, C. (1989) Première découverte du genre Vepracarus en Afrique continentale (Acari, Oribatei, Lohmanniidae). Revue de Zoologie Africaine-Journal of African Zoology, 103, 389–393.
Ren, G., Yang, M., Liang, W. & Xie, L. (2018) Two new species of Papillacarus (Acari, Oribatida, Lohmanniidae) from China. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 23 (5), 824–837.
https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.23.5.4
Sanyal, A.K. & Bhaduri, A.K. (1986) Checklist of Oribatid Mites (Acari) of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India. Miscellaneous Publication Occasional Paper: Records of the Zoological Survey of India. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, pp. 79.
Sarkar, S. & Subías, L.S. (1984) New lohmanniids (Acarida: Oribatida) from India. Oriental Insects, 18, 25–30.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.1984.10432192
Sergienko, G.D. (1992) New oribatid mite species (Oribatida, Archoribatida) from the Ukraine. Vestnik Zoologii, (6), 27–33. [in Russian]
Subías, L.S. (2004) Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes: Oribatida) delmundo (except fósiles). Graellsia, 60 (número extraordinario), 3–305. [online update 2020: http://bba.bioucm.es/cont/docs/RO_1.pdf]
https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2004.v60.iExtra.218
Tarba, E.M. (1985) Papillacarus abchasicus Sp. N. (Aсariformеs, Oribatеi) From Abkhazia. Zооlogichesky Zhurnal, 64, 1741–1743.
Willmann, C. (1930) Neue Oribatiden aus Guatemala. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 88 (9–10), 239–246.