Lasioseius tomokoae, Ishikawa, 1969

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 : 67

Lasioseius tomokoae Ishikawa, 1969 ( Fig. 5a, b )

Material examined. One female. As 454, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Pyeonganbuk-do, Mt .

Myohyang sifted litter taken under Ryongyon waterfall to be extracted in Moczarsky-Winkler apparatus, 15.VII. 1982, leg. Forró, L. & Ronkay, L.

Short description. Idiosoma oval, with yellow colorization. Dorsal shield with reticulate sculptural pattern, dorsal setae long, apically wide and serrate, except one pair needle-like setae on anterior margin of dorsal shield. Setae on ventral idiosoma (on ventrianal shield and sterna shield) smooth and needle-like, except one pair long and robust setae on membranous cuticle near the margin of ventrianal shield.

Distribution. Japan and Korean Peninsula.

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

Figures

Fig. 5. Mesostigmatid mites from Korean Peninsula I.(a. Lasioseius tomokoae Ishikawa, 1969, dorsal view. b. ventral view. c. ventral view of Evimirus uropodinus (Berlese, 1903). d. ventral view of Macrocheles glaber (Müller, 1860). e. dorsal view of Macrocheles punctatus Ishikawa, 1967. f. ventral view. g. ventral view of Pachylaelaps ishizuchiensis Ishikawa, 1977. h. ventral view of Parholaspulus hiasmaticus Petrova, 1967. i. ventral view of Holaspina alstoni (Evans, 1956). j. epistome. k. ventral view of Gamasholaspis browingi (Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960). l. epistome. m. dorsal setae).