Phauloppia lucorum (C.L. Koch, 1841 ) ÜmNjȃj

Kim, Jiwon, Bayartogtokh, Badamdorj & Jung, Chuleui, 2016, First record of the genus Phauloppia Berlese, 1908 (Acari: Oribatida: Oribatulidae) with description of Phauloppia lucorum (C. L. Koch, 1841) from Korea, Journal of Species Research 5 (3), pp. 368-371 : 4

Phauloppia lucorum (C.L. Koch, 1841) ÜmNjȃj (ṳAE) ( Figs. 1 , 2 )

Zetes lucorum C.L. Koch, 1841 : Vol. 31(18).

Notaspis lucorum Michael, 1888: 371 , pl. 30, figs. 1-5.

Oppia conformis Berlese, 1895 : Vol. 7(77).

Eremaeus schneideri Oudemans, 1900a: 89 ; 1900b: 136, pl. 8, figs. 41, 42.

Eremaeus conjuncuts Oudemans, 1902: 54 ; 1905: 205, pl. 8, figs. 12, 13.

Phauloppia conformis Sellnick, 1928: 37 , fig. 86; Mahunka and Mahunka-Papp, 1995: 166, figs. 82-84.

Phauloppia lucorum Grandjean, 1948: 24 ; 1950: 344; Sellnick, 1960: 126; Travé, 1961: 336; Moraza et al., 1980: 17, fig. 64; Mahunka, 1991: 764, figs. 74­77; Pérez-Iñigo, 1993: 236, fig. 84C; Weigmann, 2006: 431 , abb. 231a, b.

Material examined. One mite marked on the slide. Straw mat covering the cherry tree, Andong National University, Andong, Gyeongsangbuk­do, Korea, 8. I. 2012 .

Diagnosis. Length of body 690 μm and width 471 μm. Body color yellowish brown. Cerotegumental layer covering the cuticle surface, well foveolate on the notogater. Some ribs on the posterior margin of body also well observable.

Prodorsum: tip of rostrum nasiform, it is well observable also in lateral view, rostral setae (ro) setiform; lamellar and interlamellar ones blunt at tip. Decurrent from outer side of interlamella setae (in) to inner side of lamellar setae (le), costula thin; sensillus (ss) short and head spherical with granular surface structure.

Notogaster: wide, nearly round; anterior border of notogaster convex and posterior outline sinuous; fourteen pairs of ciliate notogastral setae and no considerable differences among the notogastral setae; four pairs of porose areas visible and Aa ribbon­shaped, very long, much longer than the others.

Ventral side: epimeral borders characteristically fused, composing a transversal band in front of genital aperture. Setal formula of epimera: 3­1­3­3, all epimeral setae simple and thin. epimeral surface irregularly ornamented with spots or weak polygonal reticulation; a similar, but a more regular sculpture observable on the ventral plate, some longitudinal ribs also present on it laterally.

Legs: all leg homotridactylous; femur, tibia and tarsi with porose areas; two round areas present on the tarsi.

Distribution. Korea (new record), Western and central parts of Europe, Mongolia (as described in Bayartogtokh, 2010).

Remarks. All the known of the genus Phauloppia were described as having four or five pairs of the porose. This species is having four pairs of porose among which Aa is found longer and narrow in comparison to other species belonging to this genus.

Deposition. NIBR No. NIBRIV0000325964.

Identifiers. Jiwon Kim, Badamdorj Bayartogtokh and Chuleui Jung.

Figures

Fig. 1. Microscopic image of Phauloppia lucorum (C.L. Koch, 1841).

Fig. 2. Phauloppia lucorum (C.L. Koch, 1841). (A) Prodorsum and anterior part of notogaster. (B) Genital region with setae. Genital setae: g1, g2, g3, g4, g5; Aggenital seta: ag. (C) Sensillus (ss) and bothridium (bo). (D) Exobothridial seta (ex). (E) Porose area Aa. (F) Notogateral setae: c1, c2, da.