Neoparasitus scleoides

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 : 70-71

Neoparasitus scleoides Ishikawa, 1969 ( Fig. 6d, e )

Material examined. As 450, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Pyeongyang: Yongaksan, soil sample taken from a mixed forest to be extracted in Berlese-funnel , 12. VII.1982, leg. Forró, L. & Ronkay, L. ( NIBR) .

Short description. Dorsal, ventrianal and sterna shield covered by reticulate sculptural pattern. Anterior margin of sterna shield strongly sclerotized, ventrianal shield bearing four pairs of smooth and needle-like setae. Three pairs of spatuliform setae situated on membranous cuticle

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near lateral 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. 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).