Epidamaeus
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Ordo: Sarcoptiformes
Familia: Damaeidae
Name
Epidamaeus Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1957 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Type species:
Oribata bituberculata Kulczynski, 1902 (Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1957a[1])
Diagnosis
Body reddish brown, medium sized, light to dark. propodolateral apophyses P mostly absent, but rarely present; the formation of tubercles of Prodorsum varied: usually only Ba or Da present, 3 pairs of tubercles (Ba, Bp, Da) is rare present as Damaeus; La tubercle can also be present, but weak and indistinct in dorsal view, and never in combination with Ba (as in Kunstidamaeus); E2a and E2b missing, Va and Vp rarely present occasionally. SS usually bristle-shaped, in shorter than ss (to 3/4 as long), bristle-shaped, mostly thin. Spinae adnata (Sa) usually present (subgen. Epidamaeus) or absent (subgen. Akrodamaeus); The length of legs medium to long; Tibiae I-IV without setae d; Setal mostly formula of genua I-IV: 4-4-3-3, rarely 4-4-4-4; Associated setal (setae d) formula of genua I-IV: 1-1-1-0; Setal formula of trochanters I-IV: l-1-2-1; Additional ventral seta v2” on I and IV missing. 6 g, 1 ag, 2 on, 3 ad. (Weigmann 2006[2])
Distribution
Palaearctic, Oriental, Nearctic, Neotropical and Australian regions.
Species of genus Epidamaeus from China
E. alticola Wang & Cui, 1996
Epidamaeus alticola Wang and Cui 1996a[3]: 321; 1996b[4]: 258.
Material examined.5♂♂, 4♀♀, China, Qinghai Prov., Xining City, Huzhu National Geological Park(36°57'11"N, 102°28'55"E), from litter under Pteridophytes, 2384 m a.s.l., 23 August 2009, coll. Lixia Xie (GUGC)
Distribution. China (Qinghai).
E. cincinnatusWang & Norton, 1993
Epidamaeus cincinnatus Wang and Norton 1993[5]: 312; Wang et al. 2000[6]: 323.
Material examined.11♂♂, 6♀♀, China, Hebei Prov., Chengde City, Mt. Wuling (40°36'50"N, 117°28'57"E), from litter under birch, 1362m a.s.l., 25 August 2010, coll. Lixia Xie (GUGC)
Distribution. China (Beijing).
E. elegantisWang & Norton, 1993
Epidamaeus elegantis Wang and Norton 1993[5]: 316-318; Wang et al. 2000[7]: 311.
Material examined.6♂♂, 3♀♀, China, Fujian Prov., Wuyishan City, Mt. Wuyi (27°45'19"N, 118°02'56"E), from litter under the chestnut trees , 278m a.s.l., 4 August 2008, coll. Zehong Meng (GUGC)
Distribution. China (Fujian, jiangxi).
E. grandjeani Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1957
Epidamaeus grandjeani Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1957b[8]: 1794-1796; Wen 1990[9]: 119; Wang et al. 2000[6]: 256.
Distribution. China (Jilin), Russia (Tatarstan).
E. longispinosus Wang & Norton, 1993
Epidamaeus longispinosus Wang and Norton 1993[5]: 314-316; Wang et al. 2000[7]: 310–311.
Material examined.4♂♂, 5♀♀, China, Fujian Prov., Wuyishan City, Mt. Wuyi (27°45'24"N, 118°02'46"E), from litter of coniferous forest, 263m a.s.l., 5 August 2008, coll. Zaihua Yang (GUGC)
Distribution. China (Fujian, Jiangxi).
E. yunnanensisEnami, Aoki & Hu, 1994
Epidamaeus yunnanensis Enami et al. 1994[10]: 43–46; Aoki et al. 2000[11]: 6.
Material examined.2♂♂, 3♀♀, China, South of Guizhou Prov., Maolan National Nature Reserve (25°19'26"N, 107°55'59"E), from litter under Podocarpus, 819m a.s.l., 16 Sep. 2007, coll. Zaihua Yang (GUGC); 7♂♂, 6♀♀, China, Yunnan Prov., Dali City, Mt. Cang (25°38'38"N, 100°09'53"E), from litter under the pine, 1950m a.s.l., 18 December 2008, coll. Yi Yan (GUGC)
Distribution. China (Yunnan, Guizhou).
Key to species from China
Taxon Treatment
- Xie, L; Yang, M; Huang, R; 2011: A new species of the genus Epidamaeus (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae) from China ZooKeys, 119: 29-36. doi
Other References
- ↑ Bulanova-Zachvatkina E (1957a) Epidamaeus grandjeani Bul.-Zachv., gen. et sp. nov. (Acariformes, Oribatei) from Kuril Islands. Rev. Ent. URSS 36: 547-552.
- ↑ Weigmann G (2006) Hornmilben (Oribatida). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. 76 Tiel. Goecke and Evers, Keltern, 520 pp.
- ↑ Wang H, Cui Y (1996a) Acari: Oribatida. In: Huang F (Eds). Insects of the Karakorum-Kunlun Mountains. Science Press, Beijing: 321-328.
- ↑ Wang H, Cui Y (1996b) Acari: Oribatida. In: Wu S Feng Z (Eds) The Biology and Human Physiology in the Hoh Xil Region. Science Press, Beijing, 258–264. [in Chinese with English abstract]
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Wang H, Norton R (1993b) Three new species of Epidamaeus from China (Acari: Oribatida: Damaeidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 18(3): 312–321 [in Chinese with English abstract]
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Wang H, Hu S, Yin S (2000b) The oribatid fauna and distribution in different zones in China. In: Yin W et al. (Eds) Soil Animals of China. Science Press, Beijing, 251–265. [in Chinese]
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Wang H, Cui Y, Liu Y (2000a) Acari: Oribatida. In: Huang B (Eds) Fauna of Insects in Fujian Province of China, Vol. 9. Fujian Science and Technology Publishing House, Fuzhou, 296–323. [in Chinese with English abstract]
- ↑ Bulanova-Zachvatkina E (1957) Oribatid mites Damaeidae Berl. Genus Epidamaeus, Gen. N. (Acariformes, Oribatei). Part II. Zoological magazine, xxxvi, 12: 1792–1801 [in Russian]
- ↑ Wen Z (1990a) Preliminary investigation of soil oribatid mites in Jilin Province. Journal of Northeast Normal University (Suppl.): 115–124. [in Chinese]
- ↑ Enami Y, Aoki J, Hu S (1994) Oribatid mites from tropical forests of Yunnan Province in China. IV. Family Damaeidae. Proceeding of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 52: 43–46.
- ↑ Aoki J, Yamamoto Y, Hu S (2000) A checklist of oribatid mites of Yunnan Province in China (Acari, Oribatida). In: Aoki J Yin W (Eds) Taxonomical studies on the soil fauna of yunnan province in southwest China. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 36 pp.
