A revision of the Plateremaeidae (Acari: Oribatei)

Paschoal, Adilson D.

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751986000200001

Abstracts

The family Plateremaeidae is revised, and includes the following taxa: Plateremaeus Berlese, with the only species P. ornatissimus (Berlese), from Brazil; Allodamaeus Banks, with the species ewingi (Banks), from the USA, coralgablensis, sp. n. (type-locality: USA, Flórida, Coral Gables), and ornatos Balogh & Csiszár, from Argentina; Lophoremaeus, gen. n., with two species: mirabilis Csiszár, from Bulgaria, the type-species, and laminipes (Berlese), n. comb., from Italy; Paralopheremaeus, gen. n., with the species legendrei (Balogh), n. comb., from Madagascar; Calipteremaeus, gen. n., with the species yaginumai (Aoki), n. comb., from Japan; the following species are considered incertae sedis: Plateremaeus carinulatus (Berlese), from Brasil, P. complanatus (Berlese), from Chile, P. rotundatus Berlese, from Japan, and P. tunicatus ( Balogh, from Zaire.

A família Plateremaeidae é revista, e inclui os seguintes táxons: Plateremaeus Berlese, com a única espécie P. ornatissimus (Berlese), do Brazil; Allodamaeus Banks, com as espécies ewingi (Banks), dos Estados Unidos, coralgablensis, sp. n. (localidade-tipo: Estados Unidos, Flórida, Coral Gables) e ornatos Balogh & Csziszár, da Argentina; Lophoremaeus, gen. n., com duas espécies: mirabilis Csiszár, da Bulgária, espécie-tipo, e laminipes (Berlese), n. comb., da Itália; Paralopheremaeus, gen. n., com a espécie legendrei (Balogh), n. comb., de Madagascar; Calipteremaeus. gen. n., com a espécie yaginumai (Aoki), n. comb., do Japão; as seguintes espécies são consideradas incertae sedis: Plateremaeus carinulatus (Berlese), do Brasil, P. complanatus (Berlese), do Chile, P. rotundatus Berlese, do Japão, e P. tunicatus (Balogh), do Zaire.

A revision of the Plateremaeidae (Acari: Oribatei)

Adilson D. Paschoal

Departamento de Zoologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP

ABSTRACT

The family Plateremaeidae is revised, and includes the following taxa: Plateremaeus Berlese, with the only species P. ornatissimus (Berlese), from Brazil; Allodamaeus Banks, with the species ewingi (Banks), from the USA, coralgablensis, sp. n. (type-locality: USA, Flórida, Coral Gables), and ornatos Balogh & Csiszár, from Argentina; Lophoremaeus, gen. n., with two species: mirabilis Csiszár, from Bulgaria, the type-species, and laminipes (Berlese), n. comb., from Italy; Paralopheremaeus, gen. n., with the species legendrei (Balogh), n. comb., from Madagascar; Calipteremaeus, gen. n., with the species yaginumai (Aoki), n. comb., from Japan; the following species are considered incertae sedis: Plateremaeus carinulatus (Berlese), from Brasil, P. complanatus (Berlese), from Chile, P. rotundatus Berlese, from Japan, and P. tunicatus ( Balogh, from Zaire.

RESUMO

A família Plateremaeidae é revista, e inclui os seguintes táxons: Plateremaeus Berlese, com a única espécie P. ornatissimus (Berlese), do Brazil; Allodamaeus Banks, com as espécies ewingi (Banks), dos Estados Unidos, coralgablensis, sp. n. (localidade-tipo: Estados Unidos, Flórida, Coral Gables) e ornatos Balogh & Csziszár, da Argentina; Lophoremaeus, gen. n., com duas espécies: mirabilis Csiszár, da Bulgária, espécie-tipo, e laminipes (Berlese), n. comb., da Itália; Paralopheremaeus, gen. n., com a espécie legendrei (Balogh), n. comb., de Madagascar; Calipteremaeus. gen. n., com a espécie yaginumai (Aoki), n. comb., do Japão; as seguintes espécies são consideradas incertae sedis: Plateremaeus carinulatus (Berlese), do Brasil, P. complanatus (Berlese), do Chile, P. rotundatus Berlese, do Japão, e P. tunicatus (Balogh), do Zaire.

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Aoki, J. 1974. Oribatid mites from Korea. Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 20(3-4): 233-242.
Aoki, J. 1977. New and interesting species of oribatid mites from Kakeroma Islands, Southwest Japan. Acta Arachnol. 27 (special nº): 84 - 94.
Aoki, J. & T. Fujikawa. 1971 . A new species of the genus Allodamaeus Banks (Acari: Gymnodamaeidae): Taxonomic notes on Oribatid mites of Hokkaido V. Annot. Zool. Jap. 44 (2): 113 - 116.
Aoki, J. & K. Suzuki. 1970. A new species of the genus Pedrocortesella from Japan (Acari, Cryptostigmata). Bull. nat. Sci. Mus. Tokio 13 (2): 117 - 120.
Baker, E.W. & G.W. Wharton. 1952. An introduction to Acarology. The Macmillan Company, N. York 465 p.
Balogh, J. 1958. Oribatides nouvelles de l'Afrique tropicale. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africanes 58 (1 - 2): 1 - 34.
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Balogh, J. 1961. identification keys of world oribatid (Acari) families and genera. Acta. Zool. Ac. Sc. Hung. 7(3-4): 243-344.
Balogh, J. 1962. new oribatids from Madagascar (Acari). Ann. Hist. Nat. Mus. Hung. 54 Zool.: 419 - 423.
Balogh. J. 1965. A synopsis of the world oribatid (Acari) genera. Acta. Zool. Ac. Sc. Hung, 11(1-2): 5 - 99.
Balogh, J. 1966. On some oribatid mites from Tchad and East Africa collected by Prof. H. Franzs, Viena. Opusc. Zool. Inst. Zoosyst Budapest 6: 69-77.
Balogh, J. 1968. New oribatids (Acari) from New Guinea. Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 14(3-4): 259 - 285.
Balogh, J. 1970. new oribatids (Acari) from New Guinea II. Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 291 - 344.
Balogh, J. 1972. The oribatid genera of the world. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest. 188 p.
Balogh, J, & J. Csiszár. 1983. The zoological results of Gy. Topál's collectings in South Argentina. 5. Oribatei (Acarina). Ann. Hist. Nat. Mus. Hung. 55: 463 - 485
Balogh, J. & S. Mahunka. 1965. Ergebnisse der zoologischen Forschungen von Dr. Z. Kaszab in der Mongolei 34. Acarina: Oribatei: Ann. Hist. Nat. Mus. Nat. Hung. 57: 451 - 465.
Balogh, J. & S. Mahunka. 1969. The scientific results of the Hungarian soil zoological expeditions to South America 12. Acari: Oribatids from the materials of the second expedition. III. Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 15(3-4): 255 - 275
Banks, N. 1915. The acarina or mites. USDA Report Nº 108: 1 - 153.
Banks, N. 1947. On some Acarina from North Carolina. Psyche 54 (2): : 110 - 141
Berlese, A. 1883. Ercursione in Sicilia, Acarofauna Sicula (1ª Serie). Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital. 15: 212 - 220.
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Berlese, A. 1888. Acari Austro-Americani quos collegit Aloysius Balzan. Bull. Sco. Ent. Ital. 20, 13(1-2): 171 - 222.
Berlese, A. 1896. Acari, Myriapoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta. Ordo Cryptostigmata (Oribatidae): 1 - 98.
Berlese, A. 1908. Elenco di generi e specie nuove di acari. Redia 5(1): 1-15.
Berlese, A. 1913. Acari nuovi. Redia 9(1): 77 - 111
Berlese, A. 1916. Centuria prima di Acari nuovi. Rediz 12(1): 19-67.
Berlese, A. B. G. Leonardi, 1902. Acari sudamericani. Zool. Anz - 25 (659-684): 12
Bulanova-Zackvatkina, E.M. 1957. Materials to the systematics and ecology of armored mites of the family Damaeidae Berlese, 1896 (Acariformes, Oribatei). Mosk. Gos. Univ. Lomossova: 1-15. (In Russian).
Bulanova-Zackvatkina, E. M. 1967. Armoured mites, Oribatidze. Kisher School Moskuz, 1 a 254 (In Russian).
Covarrubias, R. 1968. Observations sur le genre Pheroliodes I. Pheroliodes roblensis n sp (Acarina, Oribatei). Acarologia 10 (4): 657 - 695.
Csiszár, J. & M. Jeleva. 1962. Oribatid mites (Acari) from Bulgarian soils. Acta Zool., Budapest, 8: 273 - 301
Ewing, H.E. 1917. A synopsis of the genera of beetle mites, with special reference to the North American fauna. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 10(2): 117 - 132.
Grandjean, F. 1931. Le genre Licneremaeus Paoli (Acariens) Bull. Soc. Zool. France 56: 221 - 250.
Grandjean, F. 1933. Oribatides de l'Afrique du Nord (1re Serie). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique Nord 24(8): 308 - 323.
Grandjean. F. 1954a Essai de classification des oribates (Acariens). Bull. Soc. Zool. France 78( 5-6 ): 421 - 445
Grandjean, F. 1954b Observation sur les oribates (28e Série). Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 2o Série 26(2): 204 - 211.
Grandjean. F. 1964. Pheroliodes wehnckei (Willman) (Oribate). Acarologia 6(2): 353 - 386.
Grandjean, F. 1965. Nouvelles observations sur les Oribates (4e Série). Acarologia 7(1): 91 - 112.
Hammer, M. 1958. Investigations on the oribatid fauna of the Andes Mountains I. The Argentina and Bolivia. Biol. Skr. Dan. Vid. Selsk 10(1): 1 - 129.
Hammer, M. 1961. Investigations on the oribatid fauna of the Andes Mountains II. Peru. Biol. Skr. Dan. Vid. Selsk 13 (1): 1 - 157.
Hammer, M. 1962. Investigations on the oribatid fauna of the Andes Mountains. III. Chile Biol. Sks. Dan. Vid. Selsk. 13 (2): 1 - 97
Hammer, M. 1966. Investigations on the oribatid fauna of New Zealand. Part I. Biol. Skr. Dan. Vid. Selsk. 15(2)5- 108
Higgins, H.G. & S. B. Mulaik. 1958. Notes on Allodamaeus ewingi Banks (Acarina: Oribatei: Belbidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 60 (3): 131 - 133.
Mahunka, S. 1977. Neue und interessante Milben aus dem Genfer Museum XXX Weitere beitrage zur Kenntnis der Oribatiden fauna Griechenlands (Acari: Oribatida). Rev. Suisse Zool. 84(4): 905-916.
Michael. A.D. 1898. Oribatidae. Das Tierreich, Berlin: 1 - 93.
Paoli, G. 1908. Monografia de genere Damaeosoma Berlese e generi affini. Redia 5: 31 - 91.
Paschoal, A. 1975. A revison of the Gymnodamaeidae (Acari, Oribatei): A numerical taxonomic study. Ph. D. dissertation, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 374 p.
Paschoal, A.D. 1979. Revisão da família Plateremaeidae e recaracterização da supèrfamília Gymnodamaeoidea (Acari: Oribatei). Tese Livre-Docência, E.S.A. "Luiz de Queiroz", USP, 373 p.
Paschoal, A.D. & D.E. Johnston. 1982a A numerical taxonomic revision of the Gymnodamaeidae (Acari: Oribatei). Rev. Bras. Biol. 42(2): 439 - 459.
Paschoal, A.D. & D.E. Johnston. 1982b Revised Classification of the Gymnodamaeidae (Acari: Oribatei) with a key to the genera. Rev. Bras. Biol. 42(2): 461 - 466.
Pérez-Iñigo, C. 1969. Acaros oribátidos de suelos de España peninsular e islas Baleares (Acari: Oribatei) Parte II. Eos, Madrid 45 : 241 - 317.
Pletzen, R. van. 1963. Studies on South African oribatei (Acarina) II. Plateremaeidae Tragardh, 1931; genus Pedrocortesella Hammer, 1961. Acarologia 5(3): 438 - 442.
Tragardh, I. 1931. Pacific mites: Acarina from the Juan Fernandez Islands. Natural History of Juan Fernandez and Eastern Islands. Uppsala. 3(4) : 553 - 628.
Willmann, C. 1931. Moosmilben oder Oribatiden (Oribatei). Em Dahl Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 22 : 79 - 200.
Woolley, T.A. 1957. Redescriptions of Ewings Oribatid mites V - Families Belbidae and Opiidae (Acarina : Oribatei). Entomol. News 68(8): 211 - 222.
Woolley, T.A. 1969. A new and phoretic oribatid mite (Acarina : Cryptostigmata : Licnodamaeidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 71 (4): 476 - 481.
Woolley, T.A. & E.W. Baker, 1958. A key to the super families and principal families of the Oribatei (Sarcoptiformes: Acarina). Entomol. News 69 (4): 85 - 92.

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[22] Berlese, A. 1908. Elenco di generi e specie nuove di acari. Redia 5(1): 1-15.

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[52] Willmann, C. 1931. Moosmilben oder Oribatiden (Oribatei). Em Dahl Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 22 : 79 - 200.

[53] Woolley, T.A. 1957. Redescriptions of Ewings Oribatid mites V - Families Belbidae and Opiidae (Acarina : Oribatei). Entomol. News 68(8): 211 - 222.

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