Eremaeozetidae

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Eremaeozetidae
Eremaeozetes capensis

Eremaeozetes capensis

Systematics
Subclass : Mites (acari)
Superordinate : Acariformes
Order : Sarcoptiformes
Subordination : Horn mites (Oribatida)
Superfamily : Eremaeozetoidea
Family : Eremaeozetidae
Scientific name
Eremaeozetidae
Piffl , 1972

The Eremaeozetidae are a family of mites . They belong to the suborder of horn mites in the order Sarcoptiformes .

features

Most species in the Eremaeozetidae family are covered with a thick cerotegument that usually only leaves the legs free. They become up to half a millimeter long. The species of the genus Eremaeozetes have up to 10 pairs of Setae on the Notogaster, the sclerotized dorsal part of the Opisthosomas , the genus Mahunkaia has 11 pairs.

distribution

The species of the Eremaeozetidae family are mainly found in the tropical and partly also in the subtropical zones around the globe. So far they are known from South America, Africa and southern Asia. Many species are endemic to individual islands in Southeast and East Asia and the Caribbean . Species from this family have also been discovered in the Galápagos Islands and Hawaii .

habitat

Representatives of Eremaeozetidae live like most other Horn mites in soil and fallen leaves, where she served as Saprobionten on the soil formation are involved. They have also been found on epiphytic mosses . However, they do not only occur in the humid rainforests of the tropics, but also in arid areas. They were also found at different altitudes of the Himalayas .

Taxonomy and systematics

The name Eremaeozetidae was proposed twice for the family in 1972, on the one hand by Eduard Piffl from the University of Vienna and on the other hand by János Balogh from the Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest. Piffl was mostly given preference over the final clarification of priority , as his description is more detailed.

The type species of the genus Eremaeozetes is Eremaeozetes tuberculatus , a mite that was described by Antonio Berlese in 1913 . In 2002 Heinrich Schatz from the University of Innsbruck described the genus Mahunkaia , named after the Hungarian acarologist Sándor Mahunka , as the third genus next to Eremaeozetes and the monotypical genus Seteremaeozetes .

The Eremaeozetidae were placed in 1972 by János Balogh in the superfamily Polypterozetoidea and later (1992) in the superfamily Cepheoidea. In 2004 they were combined by Subías together with the Idiozetidae and the Unduloribatidae to form the superfamily Unduloribatoidea. The Manual of Acarology (2009) did not follow this compilation and established the Eremaeozetoidea superfamily for the Eremaeozetidae and Idiozetidae.

Genera and species

In 2010, three genera with a total of 38 species were described within the Eremaeozetidae family:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b G. W. Krantz and DE Walter (eds.): A Manual of Acarology . Third edition, Texas Tech University Press, 2009, p. 464
  2. ↑ a b Eduard Piffl: On the systematics of the Oribatids (Acari). Kumbu Himal, 4, pp. 269-314, 1972, p. 313
  3. ↑ János Balogh: The oribatid genera of the world. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest 1972, p. 148
  4. ↑ Heinrich Schatz: Mahunkaia n. Gen. (Acari Oribatida Eremaeozetidae) from Africa. Tropical Zoology, 15, pp. 105-120, 2002
  5. ↑ a b Luis Santos Subías: Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes: Oribatida) del mundo (Excepto fósiles) (Publicado originalmente en Graellsia, 60 (número extraordinario), pp. 3–305, 2004; PDF; 3.8 MB). Updated June 2006, April 2007, May 2008, April 2009, July 2010 and February 2011. (Accessed March 23, 2011)
  6. ↑ Nestor A. Fernandez: A new species of Eremaeozetes (Acari, Oribatida, Eremaeozetidae) from Madagascar Eremaeozetes betschi n.sp. Acarologia, 49, 1-2, Paris 2009
  7. ↑ Heinrich Schatz: Eremaeozetes capensis n. Sp. (Acari: Oribatida: Eremaeozetidae) from South Africa. International Journal of Acarology, 27, 2, pp. 101-106, June 2001
  8. ↑ Sándor Mahunka: More oribatids from Thailand (Acari: Oribatida). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 115, 4, pp. 623–649, 2008, p. 644

literature

  • GW Krantz and DE Walter (Eds.): A Manual of Acarology . Third edition, Texas Tech University Press, 2009, p. 464 ISBN 978-089672-620-8