Veigaia ochracea Bregetova, 1961

Kontschan, Jeno, Park, Sun Jae, Lim, Jae Won, Hwang, Jeong Mi & Seo, Hong Yul, 2014, Contribution to the mite (Acari) fauna of the Korean Peninsula, Journal of Species Research 3 (1), pp. 63-78 : 71-72

Veigaia ochracea Bregetova, 1961 ( Fig. 6f, g )

Material examined. Two females ( NIBR). As 446, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Pyeongyang-si: Daesongsan , 10 km NW of Pyongyang, soil sample taken from Pinus forest near Ingo-mot pond to be extracted in Berlese-funnel , 08.VII.1982, leg. Forró, L. & Ronkay, L. Two females ( NIBR). As 454, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Pyeonganbuk-do, Myohyangsan sifted litter taken under Ryongyon waterfall to be extract- ed in Moczarsky-Winkler apparatus, 15.VII.1982, leg. Forró, L. & Ronkay, L. Four females (two in NIBR, two in HNHM). As 455, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Pyeonganbuk-do, Myohyangsan sifted material collected in the mixed forest behind Hotel Myohyang-san to be extracted in Moczarsky-Winkler apparatus, 17.VII.1982, leg. Forró, L. & Ronkay, L.

Short description. Holodorsal shield completely divid- ed into two large plates. Several setae situated on anterior area of podonotal shield are very short, numerous of setae are longer and five pairs of them are very long. Setae on opistonotal shield are uniform in shape and length. Both dorsal shield covered by fine reticulate sculptural pattern. Lateral parts of epistome with two pairs of robust spines, central process wide, asymmetric, calyx-like and apically pilose.

Distribution. East-Russia and Korean Peninsula.

Notes to the species. This species is recorded firstly in our previous paper ( Kontschán et al., 2014).

Figures

Fig. 6. Mesostigmatid mites from Korean Peninsula II.(a. ventral view of Podocinum tsushimanum Ishikawa, 1970. b. sculptural pattern. c. epistome. d. ventral view of Neoparasitus scleoides Ishikawa, 1969. e. spatuliform setae situated on membranous cuticle. f. dorsal view of Veigaia ochracea Bregetova, 1961. g. epistome. h. dorsal view of Trachytes koreana Kontschán et al., 2014. i. ventral view. j. dorsal view of Uropoda similihamulifera Hiramatsu, 1979).