Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A review of oribatid mites of the family Oribatellidae (Acariformes, Oribatida) from the Caucasus

  • Published:
Entomological Review Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The paper summarizes the data on oribatid mites of the family Oribatellidae Jacot, 1925 from the Caucasus. The redescriptions of the genus Ferolocella Grabovsky, 1971 = Gendzella Kuliev, 1977 (Subías, 2004), the subgenus Multoribatella, the endemic species Ferolocella cribraria (Kuliev, 1977), and the new species Oribatella abdurachmanovi from mountain Daghestan are given. Two species are synonymized (Ferolocella cribraria Kuliev, 1977 = Oribatella sitnikovae Dzaparidze, 1989, syn. n. and Oribatella foliata Krivolutsky, 1974 = Oribatella brevipila Bernini, 1977, syn. n.). The species Oribatella bulanovae Kuliev, 1962; O. reticulata Berlese, 1916; O. asiatica Krivolutsky, 1974; O. foliata, O. (M.) colchica Krivolutsky, 1974; and O. (M.) nigra Kuliev, 1967 are redescribed. Original illustrations of O. heterodentata Karppinen et Shtanchaeva, 1987; O. krivolutskyi Karppinen et Shtanchaeva, 1987; O. sexdentata Berlese, 1916; O. exilicornis Berlese, 1910; O. cf. calcarata (C.L. Koch, 1836) and O. cf. foliata, demonstrating some differences from the nominotypical species, are given. The diagnoses, differential diagnoses, and keys to the Caucasian species of Joelia Oudemans, 1906 and Oribatella Banks, 1895 are presented. The distribution of Oribatellidae species in the territory of the Caucasus is shown.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Balogh, J. and Mahunka, S., “New Data on the Knowledge of the Oribatid Fauna of the Neogea (Acari): IV,” Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 25(1–2), 35–60 (1979).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Balogh, J. and Mahunka, S., “The Scientific Results of the Hungarian Soil Zoological Expeditions to South America: 10. Acari: Oribatids, Collected by the Second Expedition. I,” Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 15(1–2), 1–21 (1969).

    Google Scholar 

  3. Bayartogtokh, B. and Aok, J., “New and Little Known Species of Óribatid Mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Mongolia,” Bull. Inst. Environ. Tech. Yokogama Nath. Univ. 24, 121–135 (1998).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Behan-Pelletier, V.M. and Paoletti, M.G., “A New Species of Oribatella Banks, 1895 (Acari: Oribatida) from Bromeliads in Northern Venezuela,” Tropical Zoology (Special Issue 1), 31–38 (1993).

  5. Bernini, F. and Avanzati, A.M., “Notulae oribatologicae XXIX. Le Oribatellidae (Acarida, Oribatida) viventi sul massino sardocordo,” Labori della societa italiana di biogeografia. Nuova serie 8, 347–400 (1983).

    Google Scholar 

  6. Bernini, F., “Notulae oribatologicae V. Secondo contributo alla conoscenza degli Oribatei (Acarida) delle Alpe Apuane,” Redia 8, 373–386 (1972).

    Google Scholar 

  7. Bernini, F., “Notulae oribatologicae X. Oribatella ornatI (Coggi) e due nuove specie ad essa affini (Acarida, Oribatei),” Redia 55, 409–437 (1974).

    Google Scholar 

  8. Bernini, F., “Notulae oribatologicae XIII. La famiglia Oribatellidae (Acarida, Oribatei) nell’Arci-pelago Toscano,” Labori della societa italiana di biogeografia. Nuova serie 5, 429–501 (1975).

    Google Scholar 

  9. Bernini, F., “Notulae oribatologicae XVII. Nuovi dati genere Oribatella in Italia (Acarida, Oribatei),” Redia 60, 457–505 (1977).

    Google Scholar 

  10. Bernini, F., “Notulae Oribatologicae XX. Il genere Oribatella in Italia (Acarida, Oribatida),” Redia 61, 503–538 (1978).

    Google Scholar 

  11. Csiszar, J. and Jeleva, M., “Oribatid Mites (Acari) from Bulgarian Soils,” Acta Zool. Hung. 8(3–4), 273–301 (1962).

    Google Scholar 

  12. Dzhaparidze, N.I., “Oribatid Mites Oribatei of the Genus Oribatella Banks, 1895 of the Fauna of Georgia,” in Fauna and Ecology of Invertebrates of Georgia (Metsniereba, Tbilisi, 1989), pp. 64–70 [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  13. Grabovsky, W.B., “A New Genus of the Oribatid Mite (Cryptostigmata: Oribatellidae),” Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 73(1), 44–47 (1971).

    Google Scholar 

  14. Hammer, M., “Investigations on the Oribatid Fauna of North-West Pakistan,” Biologiske Skrifter af Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selkab. 21(4), 1–71 (1977).

    Google Scholar 

  15. Hammer, M., “Investigations on the Oribatid Fauna of the Andes Mountains: I. The Argentine and Bolivia,” Biologiske Skrifter af Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selkab. 10(1), 1–129 (1958).

    Google Scholar 

  16. Hammer, M., “Investigations on the Oribatid Fauna of the Andes Mountains: III. Chile,” Biologiske Skrifter af Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selkab. 13, 1–296 (1962).

    Google Scholar 

  17. Kardar, M.F.H., “Two New Species of Oribatella Banks, 1895 (Oribatei, Oribatellidae) from India,” Ann. Zool. Japon. 48(1), 60–64 (1975).

    Google Scholar 

  18. Karppinen, E. and Shtanchaeva, U.Ya., “New Oribatid Mites (Acarina, Oribatei) from Caucasus,” Ann. Entomol. Fenn. 53, 61–65 (1987).

    Google Scholar 

  19. A Key to Soil Sarcoptiformes Mites (Nauka, Moscow, 1975) [in Russian].

  20. Krivolutsky, D.A. and Ryabinin, N.A., “New Species of Oribatid Mites (Oribatei) of Siberia and Russian Far East,” Zool. Zh. 53(8), 1169–1177 (1974).

    Google Scholar 

  21. Krivolutsky, D.A., “New Oribatid Mites of the USSR,” Zool. Zh. 53(12), 1880–1885 (1974).

    Google Scholar 

  22. Kuliev, K.A., “Gendzella Kuliev gen. n. Type Species Gendzella cribraria,” Doklady Akad. Nauk Azer. SSR 33(5), 55–57 (1977).

    Google Scholar 

  23. Kuliev, K.A., “New Species of Oribatid Mites of the Genera Joelia, Scheloribates, Zygoribatula, Trichoribates,” Doklady Akad. Nauk Azerb. SSR 35(9), 84–90 (1979).

    Google Scholar 

  24. Kuliev, K.A., “New Species of the Genera Oribatula and Oribatella (Acariformes, Oribatei) of Azerbaijan,” Trudy Azerb. Ped. Inst. 20, 77–81 (1962).

    Google Scholar 

  25. Kuliev, K.A., “On Representatives of the Genera Machuella, Oribatella, Oppia,” Uchenye Zapiski Azerb. Gos. Univ. Ser. Biol. 4, 59–67 (1967).

    Google Scholar 

  26. Mahunka, S. and Mahunka-Papp, L., The Oribatid Species Described by Berlese (Acari) (Hung. Nat. Hist. Mus., Budapest, 1995).

    Google Scholar 

  27. Mahunka, S., “Neue und interessante Milben aus dem Genfer Museum XXV. On some Oribatids collected by Dr. P. Strinati in Guatemala (Acari: Oribatida),” Acarologia 21(1), 133–142 (1979).

    Google Scholar 

  28. Norton, R.A. and Kethley, J.B., “Berlese’s North American Oribatid Mites: Historical Notes, Recombinations, Synonymies and Type Designations,” Redia 62(2), 421–499 (1989).

    Google Scholar 

  29. Oribatid Mites. Morphology, Development, Phylogeny, Ecology, Methods of Investigation (Nauka, Moscow, 1995) [in Russian].

  30. Perez-Inigo, C., Acari. Oribatei. Poronota. Fauna Iberica (Mus. Nacion. Cien. Nat., Madrid, 1993), Vol. 3.

    Google Scholar 

  31. Shtanchaeva, U.Ya., “Catalogue of the Oribatid Mites (Acariformes, Oribatida) of Caucasus,” Acarina 9(2), 177–221 (2001).

    Google Scholar 

  32. Subías, L.S., “Anomaloppia canariensis n. gen., n. sp. (Acarida, Oribatida, Oppiidae) de las Islas Canarias. Consideraciones filogeneticas sobre la familia,” Redia 61, 565–574 (1978).

    Google Scholar 

  33. Subías, L.S., “Listado sistematico, sinonimico y biogeografico de los acaros oribatidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758–2002),” Graellsia 60, 3–305 (2004).

    Google Scholar 

  34. Weigmann, G., “Contribution to the Taxonomy of European Poronota I. Oribatella and Anachipteria (Acari, Oribatida),” Spixiana 24(3), 235–240 (2001).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Caspian Institute of Biological Resources, Daghestan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Makhachkala, 376000, Russia

    U. Ya. Shtanchaeva

  2. Facultad de Biologia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, E-28040, Spain

    L. S. Subías

Authors
  1. U. Ya. Shtanchaeva
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. L. S. Subías
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to U. Ya. Shtanchaeva.

Additional information

Original Russian Text © U.Ya. Shtanchaeva, L.S. Subías, 2009, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2009, Vol. 88, No. 2, pp. 143–163.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Shtanchaeva, U.Y., Subías, L.S. A review of oribatid mites of the family Oribatellidae (Acariformes, Oribatida) from the Caucasus. Entmol. Rev. 89, 218–238 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873809020146

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873809020146

Keywords

Search

Navigation