Eustigmaeus pinnatus ( Kuznetzov, 1977 )

Mierski, Andrzej Ka Ż & Czyk, Justyna Do Ñ, 2003, Two new free living mite species of Eustigmaeus (Actinedida: Raphignathoidea: Stigmaeidae) from Poland, with new data of some other rare species of the genus, Zootaxa 198, pp. 1-16 : 16

5. Eustigmaeus pinnatus ( Kuznetzov, 1977)

Locality ­ as in E. brevivestitus sp. n. and E. microsegnis (see above).

Specimens. Female in slide 10E / P­6 (05 Mar. 2000) and female in slide 10G / P­11 (03 Jul. 2000), deposited in DAM.

Remarks. A nominative species for the group “ pinnatus ” ( Kaźmierski 2000), described on the base of two females founded in soil in Woroneż arborethum ( Ukraine). Moreover, it was noticed from five localities in Slońsk Nature Reserve in West Poland (38 females and 7 males) ( Kaźmierski 2000).

This is more than of middle size, broad and strongly sclerotized species with relatively tiny legs. It has sabre­shaped, strongly serrated, rather wide and flat dorsal setae, three pairs of setae ag, thorn k on genu II and rich ornamentation, also on its ventral side.