Gamasholaspis browningi (Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960)

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

Gamasholaspis browningi (Bregetova & Koroleva,

1960) ( Fig. 5k, l, m )

Material examined. As665, One female ( NIBR). As 665, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Jeju-do, Halla-san National Park, moss and soil samples (four different items) were taken from mosses, detritus, litter and upper layers of soil, 30.X.1993, leg. Peregovits, L. & Ronkay, L.

Short description. Dorsal setae long, apically spatulate, dorsal shield covered by reticulate sculptural pattern. Sternal and genital shields with oval pits, ventrianal shield ornamented by reticulate pattern. Epistome apically rounded, its margin serrate.

Notes. This species is recorded from the Korean Peninsula by Lee and Lee (2000).

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).