Hypoaspis imitatus Reitblat, 1963

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 : 34-35

Hypoaspis imitatus Reitblat, 1963 ( Fig. 1d ).

New localities. As572 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kangwon Province: Kumang-san , Onjong-ri , sample taken from pitfall traps baited with beer in Pinus densiflora-forest, 21-17.VI.1988, leg. Merkl, O. and Szél, Gy.

Short description. Idiosoma oval. Genital shield large with three pairs of needle-like setae and reticulate sculptural pattern. Anal shield separated from genital shield, with two short adanal setae and a long postanal seta.

Previous record from Korean Peninsula. -

Distribution. Europe and Asia.

Remarks. This is the first record from the Korean Peninsula.

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).