Parasitus insignis ( Holzmann, 1969 )

Keum, Eunsun, Kaczmarek, Slawomir & Jung, Chuleui, 2016, New records of Parasitidae mites (Acari; Mesostigmata) in Korea, Journal of Species Research 5 (3), pp. 300-308 : 304-305

Parasitus insignis ( Holzmann, 1969)

Eugamasus insignis Holzmann, 1969: 20 .

Parasitus insignis Micherdzinski, 1969: 5333 . Karg, 1971: 448.

Pergamasus (Paragamasus) diviortus Athias­Henriot, 1967: 23 .

Parasitus (Neogamasus) diviortus Tichomirov, 1971: 804 . Bregetova et al., 1977: 75, 77.

Diagnosis Female: The idiosoma length is 745­835 μm. The podonotal shield is finely granular, lightly but entirely reticulated, and bears 22 pairs of slender imple setae, the longest being r 3. Setae r 4 are situated on the shield. The opisthonotal shield is 27 slender simple setae on the left side and 25 on the right. The tectum is tripinate with the centre prong only slightly longer than the laterals( Fig. 2 ). Material examined. Total 616 individuals (deutonymph, female and male) collected from coniferous, deciduous and grassland in forest, apple orchard grassland, cabbage field in agriculture field. Information of sampling and habitats are detailed in Tables 2 and 3 .

Voucher specimen deposition. NIBR No. NIBRIV 0000325953.

Distribution: England, Germany ( Hyatt, 1980), Poland (Gwiazdowicz and Kmita, 2004), Iran ( Kazemi et al., 2013), Gangwon­do, GB, Chungcheongnam­do, Korea (this study).

Figures

Fig. 2. Morphological characteristics of four newly found Parasitinae mites in this study.