Trachytes koreana Kontschán et al., 2014

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 : 72

Trachytes koreana Kontschán et al., 2014 (Figs. 31-33)

Material examined. Eight females (as type see Kontschán et al., 2014). As 212, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Gangwon-do , Geumgangsan, Man-mul san, from ant nest, 30.V.1970, leg. Mahunka, S. & Steinmann, H.

Short description. Wide and ribbed lateral sections on vertex present. All setae on dorsal and postdorsal shields smooth and needle-like. Surface of dorsal body covered by deep, irregular pits. Surface of sternal shield smooth, but a Π- like strongly sclerotized line situated near anterior margin of sterna shield. Sternal, ventral and inguinal shields not fused. Surface of ventral shield ornamented by oval pits. Membranous cuticle without setae. Genital shield ax-like, antarolateral angles of genital shield point- ed, points directed laterally. Surface of genital shield smooth.

Notes. This species is described in Kontschán et al. (2014) from North-Korea; this was the first record of the genus Trachytes in Korean Peninsula.