Pseudoparasitus placentulus (Berlese, 1887)

Kontschan, Jeno, Jeon, Mi Jeong, Hwang, Jeong Mi & Seo, Hong Yul, 2015, New records to the Korean soil dwelling Mesostigmata fauna (Acari), Journal of Species Research 4 (1), pp. 33-44 : 35

Pseudoparasitus placentulus (Berlese, 1887) ( Fig. 1f )

New localities. As 230 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Prov. Ryang-gang: Mt. Pektusan, soil sample of Acari extracted, 26.VIII.1971, leg. Papp, J. and Horvatovich, S.

Short description. Idiosoma large and oval, ventrianal and genital shield fused, this large shield with reticulate sculptural pattern and seven pairs of setae.

Previous record from Korean Peninsula. -

Distribution. Europe and Asia.

Remarks. New for the Korean fauna.

Figures

Fig. 1. Mesostigmatid mites from the Korean Peninsula I (a. Lasioseius furcisetus, dorsal view. b. Cheiroseius nepalensis, ventral view. c. Cheiroseius curtipes, dorsal view. d. Hypoaspis imitatus ventral view. e. Hypoaspis presternalis, ventral view. f. Pseudoparasitus placentulus, ventral view. g. latera- and h. ventral view of Gamasiphis novipulchellus).