Neparholaspis arcuatus Petrova, 1977

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 : 37

Neparholaspis arcuatus Petrova, 1977 ( Fig. 2e )

New localities. As 583 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kumguang-san, forest leaf litter, 07.IX.1989, leg. Szollát, Gy.

Short description. Sternal shield with a T-shaped strongly sclerotized line and some oval pits, genital and ventrianal shields with reticulate sculptural pattern. Peritrematal shield fused to ventrianal shield, epistome weve-like, with a rounded apical margin.

Previous record from Korean Peninsula. -

Distribution. East-Russia and Korean Peninsula.

Remarks. This is the first record in Korean Peninsula.

Figures

Fig. 2. Mesostigmatid mites from the Korean Peninsula II (a. ventral view of Parholaspulus bregetovaae. b. ventral view of Parholaspulus paradichaetes. c. ornamentation of sternal shield. d. ventral view of Parholaspulus excentricus. e. ventral view of Neparholaspis arcuatus. f. ventral view of Neparholaspus simplex. g. ventral view of Gamasholapis asiaticus).