Parholaspulus paradichaetes Petrova, 1967

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 : 37

Parholaspulus paradichaetes Petrova, 1967 ( Fig. 2 b-c)

New localities. As 235 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Prov. South Pyongan: Pyongyan , Pyongyan Hotel garden, soil sample of Acari , 21.VIII.1971, leg. Papp, J. and Horvatovich, S.

Short description. Dorsal setae smooth, long and needle-like, except two pairs setae situated near j1, which are short. Sternal shield without sculptural pattern, only a lateral ribbing can be seen on it. Tectum with a long central branch.

Previous record from Korean Peninsula. -

Distribution. East-Russia and Korean Peninsula.

Remarks. New for the Korean fauna.

Figures

Fig. 2. Mesostigmatid mites from the Korean Peninsula II (a. ventral view of Parholaspulus bregetovaae. b. ventral view of Parholaspulus paradichaetes. c. ornamentation of sternal shield. d. ventral view of Parholaspulus excentricus. e. ventral view of Neparholaspis arcuatus. f. ventral view of Neparholaspus simplex. g. ventral view of Gamasholapis asiaticus).