Cheiroseius nepalensis Evans & Hyatt, 1960

Kontschan, Jeno, Jeon, Mi Jeong, Hwang, Jeong Mi & Seo, Hong Yul, 2015, New records to the Korean soil dwelling Mesostigmata fauna (Acari), Journal of Species Research 4 (1), pp. 33-44 : 34

Cheiroseius nepalensis Evans & Hyatt, 1960 ( Fig. 1b )

New localities. As 541 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, South Hwanghae Province, Haeju , Mt. Suyongsan , moss, 30.XI.1986, leg. Demeter, A.

Short description. Dorsal setae smooth, simple and needle-like. Dorsal shield covered by reticulate sculptural pattern. Sternal shield with three pairs of need-like setae, St4 situated on small and rounded platelets at level of coxae III. Anal shield circle, bearing seven pairs of needle-like setae.

Previous record from Korean Peninsula. -

Distribution. Russia and Nepal.

Remarks. New for the Korean fauna.

Figures

Fig. 1. Mesostigmatid mites from the Korean Peninsula I (a. Lasioseius furcisetus, dorsal view. b. Cheiroseius nepalensis, ventral view. c. Cheiroseius curtipes, dorsal view. d. Hypoaspis imitatus ventral view. e. Hypoaspis presternalis, ventral view. f. Pseudoparasitus placentulus, ventral view. g. latera- and h. ventral view of Gamasiphis novipulchellus).