Scheloribates fimbriatus Thor, 1930

Bayartogtokh, Badamdorj & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2024, New findings of poronotic oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Korea, Zootaxa 5405 (2), pp. 151-184 : 173-174

Scheloribates fimbriatus Thor, 1930

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Measurements. Body length: 416–424 μm, width of notogaster 244–252 μm, length of notogaster 323–332 μm.

Supplementary description. Body colour yellowish brown to reddish brown; body surface nearly smooth.Rostrum subtriangular with blunt tip in dorsal view, slightly protruding in lateral view. Lamella located dorsolaterally, slightly longer than half of prodorsum; translamellar line partly developed; sublamella and prolamella well developed. Sublamellar porose area slightly oval. Rostral seta inserted laterally at distal part of prolamella, long, thin, finely barbed. Lamellar seta situated on lamellar end, thin, finely barbed. Interlamellar seta inserted mediad of lamella, finely barbed. Bothridial seta with medium long stalk and finely barbed fusiform head, distally with long tip. Exobothridial seta thin, smooth. Notogaster oval, its anterior margin widely rounded. Ten pairs of notogastral setae; p 1, p 2 and p 3 minute, but clearly developed, other setae represented by their alveoli. Four pairs of sacculi small, oval to rounded. Lyrifissures ia, im, ih, ip, ips and opisthonotal gland opening (gla) clearly developed. Gnathosoma typical for family, subcapitulum longer than wide, subcapitular setae a, m, h setiform, smooth. Palp and chelicera typical for family; palpal setation: 0–2–1–3–9(+ω). Epimeral setae thin, smooth; epimeral setal formula: 3–1–3–3. Discidium well developed, conspicuously projected laterally; circumpedal carina well developed. All anogenital setae thin, smooth. Four pairs of genital, one pair of aggenital, two pairs of anal and three pairs of adanal setae. Adanal lyrifissure iad located in paraanal position, close to anal aperture. Legs heterotridactylous; all leg setae finely barbed; formula of leg setae: I (1–5–3–4–20), II (1–5–3–4–15), III (2–3–1–3–15), IV (1–2–2–3–12); formula of solenidia: I (1–2–2), II (1–1–2), III (1–1–0), IV (0–1–0).

Material examined. Two females: Sinhwayeoksa-ro, Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, Korea, soil under Japanese silverberry ( Elaeagnus umbellata ), 1 September 2022, Coll. Y.S. Bae.

Distribution. Palaearctic, Oriental and Afrotropical regions.

Remarks. This is one of the widely distributed species of Scheloribates , which has a Palaearctic and Pantropical geographic range. The character states of the present material accord well with those of the specimens studied by Thor (1930), Mahunka (1987), Bayartogtokh and Akrami (2000), Ivan and Vasiliu (2008).

Figures

FIGURE 17. Line drawing images of Scheloribates fimbriatus Thor, 1930. A—Dorsal view of body; B—Lateral view of proterosoma.