Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from “ Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime ” (Piedmont, Italy) Author Schatz, Heinrich c / o Institute of Zoology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25 - 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Author Fortini, Lorenzo Department of Science - Interdepartmental Laboratory of Electron Microscopy (LIME) - University of Roma Tre, V. le G. Marconi, 446 - 00146 Rome, Italy. Author Fusco, Tommaso Department of Science - Interdepartmental Laboratory of Electron Microscopy (LIME) - University of Roma Tre, V. le G. Marconi, 446 - 00146 Rome, Italy. Author Casale, Francesca Department of Science - Interdepartmental Laboratory of Electron Microscopy (LIME) - University of Roma Tre, V. le G. Marconi, 446 - 00146 Rome, Italy. Author Jacomini, Carlo 0000-0002-9983-830X ISPRA - Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Via V. Brancati, 48 - 00144 Rome, Italy. carlo. jacomini @ isprambiente. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9983 - 830 X carlo.jacomini@isprambiente.it Author Giulio, Andrea Di Department of Science - Interdepartmental Laboratory of Electron Microscopy (LIME) - University of Roma Tre, V. le G. Marconi, 446 - 00146 Rome, Italy. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-12-22 5082 6 501 540 journal article 2872 10.11646/zootaxa.5082.6.1 9ce7bd13-bc0f-48f3-ba30-cda6c2a22dda 1175-5326 5797624 34AFA5E3-A4BA-4D65-84B8-EBDA162F084B Ophidiotrichus tectus (Michael, 1884) Ophidiotrichus tectus Weigmann 2006 , p. 360 , fig. 192c. Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime: AB single records, FRA, PAL sparse, FAG very numerous. General distribution: Northern, southern Italy ; Italian, Swiss, Austrian Alps; southwestern Palaearctic; Mediterranean? Habitat preferences: silvicolous; xerophilous. Remarks: Body length 250–270 µm. Several specimens from the present collection remind O. oglasae Bernini, 1975 in its shape of the anterior lamella (large lateral tooth on cuspis, short and round incision between cusps, Bernini 1975 ), but the interlamellar setae are short which is characteristic for O. tectus , in contrast to long interlamellar setae in O. oglasae (and O. corsicanus Bernini & Avanzati, 1983 ) confirming the assignment to O. tectus .