Favognathus maritimus (Shiba, 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

Favognathus maritimus (Shiba, 1969) ( Fig. 4a, b )

Material examined. As 420, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, South Pyongan Prov.: Mt. Lyong-ak-san, 15 km W of Pyongan, moss sample, collected from a big stone, to be extracted in Szabó-funnel , 09.IX.1980, leg. Forró, L. & Topál, Gy.

Short description. Small (ca 300 μm long) and yellow mites, with pear-like idiosoma. Dorsal part of body covered by reticulate sculptural pattern, hood long and covered by oval pits. Eyes present. Setae on dorsal part of idiosoma long, smooth and needle-like. Prosternal aprom dimpled. Adanal and aggenital setae shorter than dorsal setae, but similar in shape.

Distribution. Japan and Korean Peninsula.

Notes to the species. This is the first record of this species from Korean Peninsula (see Dŏgan’s (2008) world catalog).

Figures

Fig. 4. Favognathus maritimus (Shiba, 1969). a. dorsal view. b. prosternal aprom.