Iphidinychus kakumeiensis Hiramatsu & Hirschmann,

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 : 39-40

Iphidinychus kakumeiensis Hiramatsu & Hirschmann,

1992 ( Fig. 3b )

New localities. As659 Republic of Korea, Prov. Jeju, Halla-san National Park , same site moss and soil samples (four different items) were taken from mosses, detritus, litter and upper layers of soil, leg 30.X.1993, leg. Peregovits, L. and Ronkay, L.

Short description. Dorsal body with dorsal and pygidial shields, marginal setae situated on small platelets. Sternal shield smooth, ventrianal shield covered by small oval pits and with needle-like setae. Genital shield trapezoid with some oval pits on basal area, adgenital shield present.

Previous record from Korean Peninsula. -

Distribution. Japan and Korean Peninsula.

Remarks. This is the first record in Korean Peninsula.

Figures

Fig. 3. Mesostigmatid mites from the Korean Peninsula III (a. dorsal view of Trigonuropoda sanguinea. b. ventral view of Iphidinychus kakumeiensis. c. ventral view of Neogamasus insignis. d. intercoxal area of Leptogamasus bicorniger. e. dorsal view of Veigaia anmashanensis. f. epistome. g. dorsal view of Veigaia carpillaris. h. epistome).