identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
59372626FFF3FFCEFCF673B79626F7B4.text	59372626FFF3FFCEFCF673B79626F7B4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhinoppioides quadrituberculatus Miko & Mourek & Meleg & Moldovan 2012	<div><p>Rhinoppioides quadrituberculatus MIKO sp. nov.</p> <p>D i a g n o s i s: Rhinoppioides with broad, vaguely tripartite rostrum, four similarly developed tubercles on posterior part of prodorsum (postbothridial and interbothridial pairs). Prodorsum without lamellar or costular structures; sensillus simple, long, unbranched, smooth or with few minute barbs. Pair of variably developed, spiniform tubercles Va present in ventrosejugal area.</p> <p>M e a s u r e m e n t s: Body length of holotype 375 Μm, maximum body width (notogaster) 218 Μm, dorsal length of prodorsum 139 Μm, width between the tips of pedotectum I 137 Μm. Measurements of two other studied individuals (paratypes, see Pl. 1D, F): body length 340 and 355 Μm, length of prodorsum 124 and 127 Μm, maximum width of body 196 and 188 Μm, width of prodorsum 126 and 135 Μm. Sensillus length from 100 to 125 Μm.</p> <p>G e n e r a l c h a r a c t e r s: Available material with cuticle partly macerated (Pl. 1E, Pl. 2B); incomplete and damaged, not always enabling full assessment of characters. Body reddish-brown, in one case light brownish-yellow. Prodorsum finely punctate, finer punctation observable also on some areas ventrally (Text-figs 1A, B). Lateral parts of body around acetabula, in postbothridial and ventrosejugal area and in lateral parts of epimeres, with distinct fine granulation. Notogaster seemingly without particular miscrosculpture, smooth.</p> <p>P r o d o r s u m: (Text-fig. 1A, Pl. 2A). Prodorsum of oppioid form: conical, with broad rostrum. Rostral tectum (Text-figs 2A, 1A, C) relatively short, vaguely divided into three blunt, rounded lobes, separated by very shallow incisions; lateral lobes as broad as or broader than central lobe, and projecting slightly more anteriad. Pedotectum I well developed and quite strong; pedotectum II weakly developed, usually present in rudimentary, but observable form (Text-fig. 2C, Pl. 2D); in dorsal view appearing as pointed projection lateral to bothridia. Prodorsum without lamellae, costulae or analogous structures and without furrows, in lateral view (Text-fig. 1C) arched. Postbothridial tubercles merged with posterior part of bothridia (as in Oppiella sensu lato), creating a distinct postbothridial projection. Interbothridial tubercles simple but well developed, of a size and shape similar to postbothridial tubercles (Text-fig. 1A, Pls 2A, B). Lateral tecta (Text-fig. 1A: lt) in sejugal area well developed, granulated. Only one prodorsal (lamellar) seta preserved in one individual, relatively long (29 Μm), setiform, smooth. Insertions of rostral setae close to the anterior rostral margin, located on more sclerotized transversal band behind rostral tectum, sometimes even on indistinct tubercles. Insertions of rostral, lamellar and interlamellar setal pairs all situated at similar mutual distances, collectively outlining a long rectangle. Distance ro -le as long as le -in or slightly longer. Insertions of exobothridial setae present laterally and more ventrally to bothridia, on usually distinct tubercle, with a small pore anterior to them. Sensillus of very characteristic form: long (100, 107 and 125 Μm), setiform or very slightly spatulate distally, narrowed but blunt at end, smooth, without cilia or branches but sometimes with two or three small, indistinct barbs or spines (Text-fig. 1C, Pl. 2A).</p> <p>N o t o g a s t e r: (Text-fig. 1A, Pl. 1). Difficult to observe in detail on holotype, absent from one paratype (Pl. 1F), and highly damaged in the other one. Shape of notogaster broadly oval to ovoid, with short notogastral crista present (Text-figs 1A, 2D, Pl. 2B), projecting slightly anteriad as small, but visible humeral angle. Anterior margin of notogaster between humeral angles almost straight. Insertions of notogastral setae not distinguishable in available material.</p> <p>V e n t r a l c h a r a c t e r s: (Text-fig. 1B, Pls 2 E-F). Surface of ventral plate at least in some parts finely punctate, with muscle sigillae visible mostly on epimeres III and IV. Tectum of podocephalic fossa with distinct spiniform apophysis (Text-fig. 2C, 1 B-C, Pl. 2C), sometimes less visible or slightly reduced. Sejugal epimeres with a pair of sharp, posteriad projecting, spiniform tubercles Va, adjacent to ventral surface and in some individuals less developed or partly reduced (Text-figs 1B, 2E). A pair of smaller and less distinct, blunt tubercular structures also observed on epimeres 2, although it is not clear if they were really projecting above the surrounding surface or only created by local internal thickening of cuticle (E2a in Text-fig. 2E). Genital opening rather small, about two times shorter and narrower than anal opening; genital and anal plates missing in available material. Short and simple preanal sclerite present, relatively tall (thick) when seen in lateral view (Text-fig. 1C). Posterior end of ventral plate in postanal area thickened (Text-fig. 1C), axial part in ventral or dorsal view slightly invaginated (Text-figs 1A, B). No ventral setae preserved, except perhaps single epimaral seta 1c in one of the paratypes – although hardly observable, appearing as relatively short and smooth (Text-fig. 1C, under pedotectum I); epimeral formula (I to IV) most probably as usually seen in Oppiidae (3-1-3-3), but lateral areas difficult to observe and setal insertions (eg. 3c, but possibly 4d) may be misinterpreted or overlooked (Text-fig. 1B, Pl. 2F). Single aggenital and three adanal setal pairs in usual positions. Discidium (Text-fig. 1B, Pl. 2E) normally developed, tooth-like or triangular, blunt.</p> <p>L e g s: (Text-fig. 3). No complete legs were present in our material. Except for one of the paratypes, trochanters III and IV were preserved (Text-fig. 1C). However, two of the studied individuals (holotype, and one paratype which was later lost in the course of the study) contained parts of legs inside the body cavity. Forms and size of segments resembles those of oppioid mites, but it can only be speculated if the leg parts actually belonged to the studied individuals (Text-figs 3 Aa, Ab and B). In any case, most probably all types of segments were present, indicating that these legs were most probably not, or not significantly, longer than the measured body of R. quadrituberculatus n.sp. If the leg segments belong to the same individual, and their speculative identification as presented in Text-fig. 3 below is (at least partly) correct, then the length of the first pair of legs could be estimated as less than 295 Μm (assuming that tarsus I should be shorter than tarsus IV), and the length of assumed leg IV could be around 375 Μm.</p> <p>M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype (Pls 1 A-C, sampling label “mite 007-2”) and three paratypes (Pl. 1D, sampling label “mite 007-1”; Pl. 1 E, sampling label “mite 007-7”; and Pl. 1 F, sampling label “mite 007-3”) were present in material from the same sample (R4) from red clay Pleistocene sediments, about 1.8 million years old, collected from a profile of clastic sediments from the cave Račiška pečina in the Classical Karst (Kras), Slovenia. One of the individuals (007-1) was unfortunately lost after examination. The holotype (mounted in Canada balsam) is deposited in the Acarological Collection of Senckenberg Museum Goerlitz, one mounted paratype is deposited in the Emil Racovita Institute of Speleology in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and one paratype is in the collection of the National Museum in Prague.</p> <p>D e r i v a t i o n o m i n i s: The name of genus reflects the similarity to Rhinoppia, a subgenus of Oppiella, characterized by an elongated rostrum and absence of lamellar costulae and well developed tubercules. The species name relates to the characteristic set of four similarly developed tubercles on the posterior part of the prodorsum.</p> <p>R e m a r k s: This species was reported in Moldovan et al. (2011) as Oppiella (cf. Rhinoppia) sp. 1 in Text-fig. 3f and as Oppiella (Rhinoppia) sp. 2 in Pl. 1.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/59372626FFF3FFCEFCF673B79626F7B4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Miko, Ladislav;Mourek, Jan;Meleg, Ioana N.;Moldovan, Oana T.	Miko, Ladislav, Mourek, Jan, Meleg, Ioana N., Moldovan, Oana T. (2012): Oribatid Mite Fossils From Quaternary And Pre-Quaternary Sediments In Slovenian Caves I. Two New Genera And Two New Species Of The Family Oppiidae From The Early Pleistocene. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 68 (1 - 2): 23-34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190970
59372626FFF7FFCEFC0771BF910FFB89.text	59372626FFF7FFCEFC0771BF910FFB89.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Praoppiella MIKO et MOUREK 2012	<div><p>Praoppiella MIKO et MOUREK gen. nov.</p> <p>Text-fig. 4, Pl. 3</p> <p>D i a g n o s i s: Oppiid mites with large cup-like bothridia with indistinct postbothridial tubercles not fused with bothridial rim, with rounded rostrum, short lamellar costulae and well developed interbothridial tubercles. Two pairs of tubercles, larger postbothridial (humeral) and smaller central, present on anterior margin of notogaster.</p> <p>T y p e s p e c i e s: Praoppiella oanae MIKO et MOUREK sp. nov.</p> <p>R e m a r k s: General body form and development of prodorsum (interbothridial tubercles, lamellar costulae, position of setae) indicate similarity to recent species of Oppiella sensu lato, e.g. Oppiella (Moritzoppia) SUBIAS et RODRIGUEZ, 1988. However, large cup-like bothridia and presence of two pairs of tubercles on anterior border of notogaster broadly resemble characters of the suctobelbid group of oribatids. Some important characters (ie. subcapitulum and chelicerae, legs, genital plates etc.) are unfortunatelly lost from the single available specimen. Some characters resemble species of the family Machuellidae (eg. small body size, form of sensillus, epimeral setae 4a-c inserted in one row on posterior border of epimeres etc.), but notogastral and interbothridial tubercles are unknown in Machuellidae. Therefore, including the genus in Oppiidae, in the vicinity of Oppiella, seems to us the most appropriate, though it should be seen as provisional.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/59372626FFF7FFCEFC0771BF910FFB89	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Miko, Ladislav;Mourek, Jan;Meleg, Ioana N.;Moldovan, Oana T.	Miko, Ladislav, Mourek, Jan, Meleg, Ioana N., Moldovan, Oana T. (2012): Oribatid Mite Fossils From Quaternary And Pre-Quaternary Sediments In Slovenian Caves I. Two New Genera And Two New Species Of The Family Oppiidae From The Early Pleistocene. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 68 (1 - 2): 23-34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190970
59372626FFF7FFCCFCE575709613F888.text	59372626FFF7FFCCFCE575709613F888.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Praoppiella oanae MIKO et MOUREK 2012	<div><p>Praoppiella oanae MIKO et MOUREK sp. nov.</p> <p>D i a g n o s i s: Praoppiella with auricular interbothridial tubercles, relatively short, smooth and claviform sensillus and weakly developed axial notogastral tubercles. Rostrum rounded, pedotectum I well developed and postbothridial enantiophysis with both anterior and posterior tubercle present.</p> <p>M e a s u r e m e n t s: Body of the single available individual (holotype) damaged and partly deformed, enabling only approximate measurements. Length of body 230 Μm, length of prodorsum 80 Μm. Maximum width of notogaster about 140 Μm, maximum width of prodorsum (between tips of pedotecta I) 80 Μm.</p> <p>G e n e r a l c h a r a c t e r s: Body yellowish-reddish brown coloured. Surface densely covered by dirt and other artefacts, allowing neither detailed study of fine structures, nor observation and reliable identification of many setal insertions. Surface of lateral parts of prodorsum and podosoma with granulation, rugged or granulated surface also apparent on ventral plate.</p> <p>P r o d o r s u m: (Text-fig. 4A, Pls 3A, E). Triangular, with slightly elongated rostral part. Rostral margin broadly rounded, with particular form (Pl. 3F): anterior border rounded, forming more transparent band; at inner edge of band, where cuticle appears thicker and coloured, with jagged, dentate cuticular pattern, integrated within the rostral cuticle. Short and relatively straight lamellar costulae running anteromediad, reaching slightly beyond insertions of interlamellar setae, followed by indistinct line almost reaching insertions of lamellar setae (Text-fig. 4A, Pl. 1A). Interbothridial tubercles distinct, large, auricular. Bothridia relatively very large, cup-like, positioned near anterior edge of notogaster, without postbothridial lobe or attached tubercle. However, a pair of tubercles (postbothridial enantiophyse, Text-fig. 4E) present behind bothridia, loosely connected with bothridial base by thickened cuticle. Prodorsal setae lost from the studied individual, but a seta-like structure observed (Text-fig. 4 A) in location of right lamellar seta. Rostral setae inserted close to the jagged cuticular structure of rostrum, lamellar and interlamellar setae insert- ed at normal positions as in other Oppiellinae. Sensillus (Text-fig. 4E, Pls 3D, E) relatively short, claviform (or clubshaped), about 37 Μm long. Head about the same length or slightly shorter than the stalk, with lighter part observable in some views in transmitted light (Text-fig. 4E), indicating most probably spoon-like invagination of surface from medial side (perhaps artefact). Second sensillus missing. Pedotecta I present, relatively well developed.</p> <p>N o t o g a s t e r: (Text-figs 4 C-D, Pl. 3B). Rounded, broadly oval. External (postbothridial, humeral) pair of tubercles on anterior margin more strongly developed, broad, rounded, U-shaped or triangular, blunt, with short but observable crista running posteriad. Central pair of tubercles weakly developed, present as a short, rounded or semicircular ridge just on the border of notogaster (Pl. 3C). Notogastral setae not preserved, insertions not easily identifiable. Insertions of 10 pairs of notogastral setae assumed (Text-fig. 4 C), pair c2 relatively far behind anterior margin of notogaster. Additional pores or insertion-like structures observed on notogaster, but unclear if should be assumed to be artefacts or real structures.</p> <p>V e n t r a l p a r t: (Text-fig. 4B). Very difficult to observe in our individual. Discidium not prominent, broadly rounded. Genital and anal plates lost; size of apertures and mutual distance as usual in Oppiidae, anal aperture much larger than the genital one. Epimeral border 4 developed as quite distinct, broad transversal ridge, slightly bent forward anterior to genital opening. Insertions of epimeral setae hardly identifiable, only insertions of 4a, 4b and 4c more clearly visible, these being inserted in one row anteri- or to the epimeral border IV. Insertions 3a and perhaps also 1b found as indicated in Text-fig. 4 B. Adanal and aggenital setae inserted in usual positions.</p> <p>L e g s: Lost from the single available specimen, only trochanters III and IV preserved but without setae (Pl. 3A, E), thus setal insertions impossible to identify.</p> <p>M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Single damaged individual (holotypus) found in clastic Pleistocene sediments of the Račiška cave in Classical Karst (Kras), Slovenia (sample R4, same as R quadrituberculatus). The holotype mounted in Canada balsam is preserved in the acarological collection of the Senckenberg Museum in Goerlitz, Germany.</p> <p>D e r i v a t i o n o m i n i s: The genus name refers to the similar recent genus Oppiella. Prefix Pra - in genus name is an equivalent to ”ancient“ in several Slavic languages, the species name is dedicated to colleague and coauthor Oana Moldovan from the Emil Racovita Institute of Speleology, Romania, who discovered the material and provided it for study.</p> <p>R e m a r k s: The rostrum of this species has a quite peculiar structure. The denticulate pattern on the margin of the rostral cuticle resembles the rostral teeth of recent Suctobelbella species. Presence of a much weaker, thin, transparent external band, forming a complete, rounded rostral tectum, may represent either an ancient or derived state of rostrum development. As the cuticle of this specimen is generally heavily damaged, the possibility that the structure is an artefact also cannot be excluded.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/59372626FFF7FFCCFCE575709613F888	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Miko, Ladislav;Mourek, Jan;Meleg, Ioana N.;Moldovan, Oana T.	Miko, Ladislav, Mourek, Jan, Meleg, Ioana N., Moldovan, Oana T. (2012): Oribatid Mite Fossils From Quaternary And Pre-Quaternary Sediments In Slovenian Caves I. Two New Genera And Two New Species Of The Family Oppiidae From The Early Pleistocene. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 68 (1 - 2): 23-34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190970
