cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Odontophotopsis quadrispinosa Schuster
Creators: name: Pitts, James P.
name: Wilson, Joseph S.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Boehme, Nicole F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Odontophotopsis
Odontophotopsis quadrispinosa

description: Odontophotopsis quadrispinosa Schuster
Odontophotopsis quadrispinosa Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. 37: 51. Male. Neotype data: Palm Springs, California, 1 May 1933, at light, Theo. Zschokke (UMSP).
Diagnosis of male. The male of this species can be recognized by having the marginal cell much shorter than the stigma as measured along the costal vein and two pair of mesosternal processes forming a square, with the anterior pair much more obvious than the posterior pair. Also, the mandibles are deeply emarginate along the ventral margin, but the mandible narrow s towards the vertical apex (Fig. 12). The genitalia are illustrated by Pitts et al. (2009) in Fig. 18.
Female. Unknown, but the likely female was described in Pitts et al. (2009).
Material examined. California, Riverside Co.: 12 males, 2. May.1963, 2 males, 16. May.1963, 3 males, 30. May.1963, 1 male, 25.Sep.1969.
Distribution. Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
Remarks. This species is rare throughout its range and is not endemic to Deep Canyon. The mesosternal processes are weak and sometimes difficult to observe. This species was placed by Schuster (1958) into a monotypic species-group. It shares several morphological characteristics, but most especially similarities in the genitalia, with Sphaeropthalma difficilis, S. django, Photomorphus californicus and Odontophotopsis grata, which is a grouping suggested by Pitts et al. (2010).
description: Published as part of Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F., 2010, Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2553 on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196847
Odontophotopsis serca Viereck
Creators: name: Pitts, James P.
name: Wilson, Joseph S.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Boehme, Nicole F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Odontophotopsis
Odontophotopsis serca

description: Odontophotopsis serca Viereck
Odontophotopsis sercus Viereck, 1904. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans 30: 87. Male. Holotype data: Mexico, Lower California, type no. 4979 (ANSP).
Diagnosis of male. This species can be recognized by the lack of a clypeal tubercle, by having deeply excised mandibles with a vertical apex (Fig. 13), by having simple but prominent mesosternal processes, and by lacking a sternal felt line.
Female. Unknown.
Material examined. California, Riverside Co., Deep Canyon: 1 male, 18. May.1969, 30 males, 22– 23. May.2007, 1 male, 24. May.1969, 1 male, 1–4. Jun.1970, 1 male, 5–13. Jun.1973, 1 male, 6–13. Jun.1969, 3 males, 13–18. Jun.1969, 1 male, 20–24. Jun.1969, 3 males, 3–7. Jul.1969, 1 male, 10–12, Jul.1969, 1 male, 16– 17. Aug.1969, 3 males, 5–9. Sep.1969, 1 male, 9–11.Sep.1969, 51 males, 26.Sep–6. Oct.1969, 5 males, 6– 8. Oct.1969, 2 males, 16–17. Oct.1969, 1 male, 17–20.Oct.1969.
Distribution. The Sonoran Desert including Baja California, Mexico and the Mojave Desert.
Remarks. This species unlike O. armata never develops anything that resembles a felt line on the second metasomal sternite. This species, along with O. melicausa, has a tendency to develop a slight secondary mesosternal tubercle posterior to the primary one. Sometimes this can be unilateral (Ferguson 1967).
description: Published as part of Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F., 2010, Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2553 on pages 11-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196847
Epilohmannia gigantea Berlese 1917
Creators: name: Murvanidze, Maka
name: Mumladze, Levan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Epilohmanniidae
Epilohmannia
Epilohmannia gigantea

description: Epilohmannia gigantea Berlese, 1917
Distribution in Georgia. Whole country, rare (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010)
Global distribution. Palaearctic
Ecology. Forest soils
description: Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka & Mumladze, Levan, 2016, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4089 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257567
Copidognathus krantzi Chatterjee 1992
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Tapas
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Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Halacaridae
Copidognathus
Copidognathus krantzi

description: Copidognathus krantzi Chatterjee, 1992
Records from India. ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: Mus Island (Nicobar Islands), among coralline algae Halimeda opuntia — Chatterjee (1992).
Distribution. ITE— India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands).
Remarks. This species is a member of ‘ Copidognathus oculatus group’ (Bartsch 1999c). This species is one of the small-sized members of the oculatus group. Idiosoma 175-185 μm long. Posterior porose areola on anterior dorsal plate bow-shaped, with rosette pores.
description: Published as part of Chatterjee, Tapas, 2022, An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India, pp. 301-320 in Zootaxa 5141 (4) on page 306, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6592866
Odontophotopsis setifera Schuster
Creators: name: Pitts, James P.
name: Wilson, Joseph S.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Boehme, Nicole F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Odontophotopsis
Odontophotopsis setifera

description: Odontophotopsis setifera Schuster
Odontophotopsis (Odontophotopsis) setifera Schuster, 1952. Brooklyn Ent. Soc., 47: 47–49, male. Holotype data: California, Riverside Co., Palms to Pines Highway, 28.May.1940, R.M. Bohart (UMSP).
Odontophotopsis (Odontophotopsis) setifera Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 56, male.
Diagnosis of male. This species can be recognized by its unique mandibular morphology (Fig. 14). The mandible has the apex vertical and has four teeth with the dorsal tooth is separated from the remaining teeth by a deep sinus similar to the mandibles of O. biramosa (see Fig. 27 of Pitts 2007). Other potentially useful characters are listed in Pitts (2007) and Pitts et al. (2009).
Female. Unknown.
Material examined. California, Riverside Co., Deep Canyon: 1 male, 16.May.1963.
Distribution. The western Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Baja California, Mexico.
Remarks. This species is found throughout the Mojave and western Sonoran Deserts. It was placed into the O. setifera species-group along with O. biramosa. See the remarks for O. biramosa for a discussion of the validity of the species-group.
description: Published as part of Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F., 2010, Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2553 on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196847
Epilohmannia ovata Aoki 1961
Creators: name: Murvanidze, Maka
name: Mumladze, Levan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Epilohmanniidae
Epilohmannia
Epilohmannia ovata

description: Epilohmannia ovata Aoki, 1961
Distribution in Georgia. W: Batumi Botanical Garden (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010)
Global distribution. Palaearctic
Ecology. Forest soils
description: Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka & Mumladze, Levan, 2016, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4089 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257567
Sphaeropthalma angulifera Schuster
Creators: name: Pitts, James P.
name: Wilson, Joseph S.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Boehme, Nicole F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Sphaeropthalma
Sphaeropthalma angulifera

description: Sphaeropthalma angulifera Schuster
Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) angulifera Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. 37: 32. Male. Holotype data: California, Kern Co., Bakersfield (CASC).
Diagnosis of male. The male of this species can be recognized by having mandibles that are weakly excised ventrally with a distinct angulate basal tooth (Figs 16, 54) and an apex that is tridentate and oblique (Figs 15, 54), but most importantly the dorsal carina of the mandible is angulate at the midpoint of the mandible coinciding with the ventral tooth (Figs 16, 54), the posterior margin of the head is quadrate, the mesosternum lacks processes, the second metasomal sternite has a distinct felt line, and the pygidium is granulate. The genitalia also help to diagnose this species (Fig. 53); the cuspis is a uniform diameter from the base to the apex.
Diagnosis of female. Wilson & Pitts (2009) diagnosed the female based on associations made from similarities of the female to that of S. mendica and distributional data.
Material examined. California, Riverside Co.: Deep Canyon, 1 male, 13–18. Jul.1973, 1 male, 18– 19.Jul.1969.
Distribution. This species is found in the Mojave and Western Sonoran deserts.
Remarks. Sphaeropthalma angulifera is morphologically similar to S. unicolor and S. mendica, but can be differentiated from these two species by mandibular morphology (Wilson & Pitts 2009). Although this species is found throughout the Mojave and western Sonoran Deserts, it is extremely rare.
description: Published as part of Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F., 2010, Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2553 on pages 14-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196847
Acrotritia ardua
Creators: name: Murvanidze, Maka
name: Mumladze, Levan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Euphthiracaridae
Acrotritia
Acrotritia ardua

description: Acrotritia ardua (C.L. Koch, 1841)
Distribution in Georgia. whole country (Murvanidze et al. 2011, 2013, 2015; Murvanidze & Arabuli 2015; Murvanidze & Todria 2015; Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010)
Global distribution. Cosmopolitan
Ecology. All types of habitats
Remark. Most records in Caucasian literature are under synonym Rhysotritia ardua. As finding locations for A. ardua, Musera is indicated in the checklist of Karppinen et al. (1987) with reference to Krivolutsky & Tarba (1971) and Niedbała (1983a), however, neither of these publications contains records on A. ardua.
For Ritsa Reserve, Shtanchaeva & Subías (2010) report the presence of Acrotritia hyeroglyphica (Berlese, 1916). Subías and Arillo (2000) and Mahunka (1991) accept it as a valid species; however, it is regarded as a junior synonym of A. ardua by Bernini et al. (1995) and Niedbała (1993, 2002, 2004). Based on the revision of oribatid mites from Berlese’s collection presented by Niedbała (1993), we accept A. hyeroglyphica as a junior synonym of A. ardua.
description: Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka & Mumladze, Levan, 2016, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4089 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257567
Copidognathus pseudosidellus Chatterjee 1997
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Tapas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Halacaridae
Copidognathus
Copidognathus pseudosidellus

description: Copidognathus pseudosidellus Chatterjee, 1997
Records from India. ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: Ross Island, Chiriatapu, among green algae Acetabularia sp. and Halimeda opuntia — Chatterjee (1997).
Distribution. ITE— India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands).
Remarks. This species is very similar with C. sidellus Bartsch, 1985 but differs in genue IV with 3 setae.
description: Published as part of Chatterjee, Tapas, 2022, An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India, pp. 301-320 in Zootaxa 5141 (4) on page 307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6592866
Sphaeropthalma arota Cresson
Creators: name: Pitts, James P.
name: Wilson, Joseph S.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Boehme, Nicole F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Sphaeropthalma
Sphaeropthalma arota

description: Sphaeropthalma arota (Cresson)
Mutilla Arota Cresson, 1875. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 5: 120. Female. Holotype data: San Diego, California, G.R. Crotch, Type no. 1873 (UMSP).
Mutilla helicaon Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 25: 254. Male. Holotype data: Nevada, Type no. 4642 (UMSP).
Photopsis lingulatus Viereck, 1903. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Proc. 54: 737. Male. Holotype data: La Jolla, San Diego Co., California (UMSP).
Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) carinata Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. 37: 34. Male. Holotype data: Purissima, Baja California (NMNH).
Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) helicaon coahuilae Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. 37: 34. Male. Holotype lost.
Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) helicaon diegueno Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. 37: 35. Male. Holotype data: S. Carlos, Arizona, 12–13 May 1918, J. Ch. Bradley (CUIC).
Diagnosis of male. This species is easily recognized by the weak excision and slight angulate tooth on the ventral margin of the mandible (Fig. 18), which is oblique apically, the clypeus carinate at base, but sometimes delicately so or gibbous (Fig. 18), the lack of mesosternal processes or a sternal felt line, and the ventral margin of the paramere with dense setae that are directed inward toward the cuspis (see Fig. 100 in Pitts et al. 2009).
Diagnosis of female. Pitts et al. (2009) diagnosed the female of this species.
Material examined. California, Riverside Co., Deep Canyon: 1 male, 23–24. May.2007, 4 males, 3– 7. Jul.1969, 1 male, 21.Jul.1970, coll. W. MacKay.
Distribution. From the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas west to the Sonoran Desert of California and north into the Mojave Desert.
Remarks. Preliminary molecular data, which will be published elsewhere, suggests that this species may actually be a group of four sibling species.
description: Published as part of Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F., 2010, Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2553 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196847
Epilohmannia styriaca Schuster 1960
Creators: name: Murvanidze, Maka
name: Mumladze, Levan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Epilohmanniidae
Epilohmannia
Epilohmannia styriaca

description: Epilohmannia styriaca Schuster, 1960
Distribution in Georgia. W: Musera, Ochamchire (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010)
Global distribution. Europe
Ecology. Humid forest soils
Remark. In Weigmann (2006) the species is reported as xerothermophil for Germany, but in Georgia it was found in humid subtropical forest soils in the Abkhazia region (Krivolutsky & Tarba 1972). This is the only record of this species in Georgia. In other parts of Caucasus it is found in Lenkoran Region (Azerbeijan) (Kulijev 1961), which shelters humid subtropical and humid temperate forests as well.
description: Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka & Mumladze, Levan, 2016, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4089 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257567
Sphaeropthalma macswaini Ferguson
Creators: name: Pitts, James P.
name: Wilson, Joseph S.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Boehme, Nicole F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Sphaeropthalma
Sphaeropthalma macswaini

description: Sphaeropthalma macswaini Ferguson
Sphaeropthalma (Micromutilla) macswaini Ferguson, 1967. Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bul., Biol. Ser. 8, no. 4: 12. Male. Holotype data: 2.1 mi NE Mercury, Nye Co., Nevada, 24.Aug.1964, W.E. Ferguson (NMNH).
Diagnosis of male. This species has distinctive tridentate mandibles that are deeply excised ventrally and the apex is vertical and greatly dilated, which is similar to species of Acrophotopsis and Dilophotopsis, but more so that other species at Deep Canyon. Additionally, the clypeus is distinctly elongate and projects anteriorly (Fig. 24) and the genitalia have a distinctively shaped curved cuspis that bears a large seta filled pit (Fig. 58). This species sometimes has weak mesosternal processes located anteromedially.
Female. Unknown.
Material examined. California, Riverside Co.: Deep Canyon, 1 male, 2. May.1963, 1 male, 4– 6. May.1970, 1 male, 15. May.1969, 1 male, 15–18. May.1970, 2 males, 15–23. May.1970, 5 males, 22– 23. May.2007, 15 males, 23–24. May.2007, 2 males, 1–4. Jun.1970, 1 male, 6–13. Jun.1969, 7 males, 13– 18. Jun.1969, 5 males, 18–19. Jun.1969, 1 male, 27–28. Jun.1969, 1 male, 30. Jun.1964, 1 male, 29.Jun– 6. Jul.1973, 2 males, 5–13. Jul.1973, 4 males, 13–14. Jul.1969, 5 males, 30–31. Jul.2007, 2 males, 26.Jul– 3. Aug.1969, 10 males, 3–7. Aug. 1969, 2 males, 7–9. Aug.1969, 2 males, 9–11. Aug.1969, 5 males, 10– 12. Aug.1969, 3 males, 12–13. Aug.1969, 7 males, 16–17. Aug.1969, 3 males, 23–24. Aug.1969, 2 males, 26– 28. Aug.1969, 1 male, 28–30.Aug. 19695 males, 26.Sep–6. Oct.1969, 2 males, 5–9. Oct.1969, 1 male, 6– 8. Oct.1969, 1 male, 9.Oct.1963.
Distribution. Sonoran and Mojave Deserts.
Remarks. Pitts (2007) erroneously stated in the key to the nocturnal genera that the clypeus of S. macswaini covered the mandibles. The clypeus of this species is diagnostic. However, it is elongate and the extreme apex overlies the greatly dilated and deeply excised mandibles, but does not obscure them.
description: Published as part of Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F., 2010, Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2553 on pages 24-25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196847
Copidognathus sambhui Chatterjee 1991
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Tapas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Halacaridae
Copidognathus
Copidognathus sambhui

description: Copidognathus sambhui Chatterjee, 1991
Records from India. ODISHA (Orissa): Chilka lagoon, among halophytes Potamogaton pectinatus — Chatterjee (1991c).
Distribution. ITE— India (Odisha).
Remarks. This species bears a long, stout tectum and two long middle areolae (on AD) divergent anteriorly and posteriorly with their convex inner margins juxtaposed against each other.
description: Published as part of Chatterjee, Tapas, 2022, An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India, pp. 301-320 in Zootaxa 5141 (4) on page 307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6592866
Euphthiracarus cribrarius
Creators: name: Murvanidze, Maka
name: Mumladze, Levan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Euphthiracaridae
Euphthiracarus
Euphthiracarus cribrarius

description: Euphthiracarus cribrarius (Berlese, 1904)
Distribution in Georgia. W: Musera, New Aphon (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010)
Global distribution. Holarctic
Ecology. Broadleaved and coniferous forest soils
description: Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka & Mumladze, Levan, 2016, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4089 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257567
Euphthiracarus monodactylus
Creators: name: Murvanidze, Maka
name: Mumladze, Levan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Euphthiracaridae
Euphthiracarus
Euphthiracarus monodactylus

description: Euphthiracarus monodactylus (Willmann, 1919)
Distribution in Georgia. W: Ritsa Reserve (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010), Kintrishi Reserve (Murvanidze et al. 2008a), Batumi Botanical Garden; E: Khashuri (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010)
Global distribution. Holarctic
Ecology. Humid forest soils
description: Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka & Mumladze, Levan, 2016, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4089 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257567
Copidognathus sideus Bartsch 1982
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Tapas
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Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Halacaridae
Copidognathus
Copidognathus sideus

description: Copidognathus sideus Bartsch, 1982
Records from India. KERALA: Cochin backwater, among Enteromorpha sp. —Chatterjee (2000); Vembanad lake, upstream— Dev Roy et al. (2009). ODISHA: Chilka lagoon, among halophytes Potamogeton sp. — Chatterjee & Sarma (1993).
Records from other places. MOZAMBIQUE: Mozambique channel, 110 - 440 m depth — Bartsch (1982).
Distribution. ITE— India (Kerala, Odisha). ITW— Mozambique channel.
Remarks. This species is found from intertidal to deep-water.
description: Published as part of Chatterjee, Tapas, 2022, An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India, pp. 301-320 in Zootaxa 5141 (4) on page 307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6592866
Sphaeropthalma megagnathos Schuster
Creators: name: Pitts, James P.
name: Wilson, Joseph S.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Boehme, Nicole F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Sphaeropthalma
Sphaeropthalma megagnathos

description: Sphaeropthalma megagnathos Schuster
Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) megagnathos megagnathos Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 36. Male. Holotype: Arizona, Ehrenberg, 27.Apr.1939, coll. F.H. Parker (UMSP).
Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) megagnathos aurifera Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 36. Male. Holotype: Arizona, Tinajas Atlas Mountains, 1905, coll. W.J. McGee (UMSP).
Diagnosis of male. The male of this species can be recognized by mandibular morphology (Fig. 25; see Fig. 7 in Pitts, 2006). The mandibles are broadly dilated, especially the ventral portion apically, and is much wider distally than its width at the ventral angulation, the ventral basal tooth of the mandible is small, and the apex is vertical. Additionally, the head is long and parallel posteriorly, the clypeus is deeply depressed below the dorsal mandibular margin, the mesosternum lacks tubercles, the wings are yellowish-hyaline and a sternal felt line is absent. The genitalic morphology also is diagnostic (Fig. 59).
Female. Unknown.
Material examined. USA: California, Riverside Co.: Deep Canyon, 1 male, 19.May.1973, coll. M. Quillman, 1 male, 22–23. May.2007, 1 male, 23.Jul.1969.
Distribution. The western Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
Remarks. In some specimens the coloration of the setae is bright orange, although setal coloration varies from orange to white (see Fig. 29 in Pitts, 2006). The orangish specimens of S. megagnathos could easily be confused with S. luiseno or S. contracta based on coloration. They do not occur in Deep Canyon; S. luiseno has large projections bearing long, curved setae on the middle and hind coxae, while S. contracta has much smaller ocelli and different genitalic morphology (see Pitts et al. 2004).
description: Published as part of Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F., 2010, Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2553 on page 26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196847
Euphthiracarus reticulatus
Creators: name: Murvanidze, Maka
name: Mumladze, Levan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Euphthiracaridae
Euphthiracarus
Euphthiracarus reticulatus

description: Euphthiracarus reticulatus (Berlese, 1913)
Distribution in Georgia. W: Ochamchire; E: Tbilisi (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010)
Global distribution. Palaearctic
Ecology. Alder forest soils in western Georgia and city park in Tbilisi
description: Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka & Mumladze, Levan, 2016, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4089 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257567
Sphaeropthalma mendica Blake
Creators: name: Pitts, James P.
name: Wilson, Joseph S.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Boehme, Nicole F.
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Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Sphaeropthalma
Sphaeropthalma mendica

description: Sphaeropthalma mendica (Blake)
Agama mendica Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 3: 259. Male. Holotype data: Nevada, type no. 4551 (ANSP).
Mutilla aspasia Blake, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 7: 250. Female. Holotype data: Nevada, type no. 4574 (ANSP). Photopsis nebulosus Blake, 1886. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 13: 275. Male. Holotype data: Nevada, type no. 4549 (ANSP).
Diagnosis of male. The male of this species can be recognized by having mandibles that are weakly excised ventrally with a indistinct basal tooth and an apex that is tridentate and oblique (Fig. 26), the posterior margin of the head is quadrate, the mesosternum lacks processes, the second metasomal sternite has a distinct felt line, and the pygidium is granulate. The genitalia of this species (Fig. 60) are quite similar to those of S. angulifera (Fig. 53)
Diagnosis of female. The female of this species was diagnosed by Wilson and Pitts (2009).
Materials examined. California, Riverside Co.: Deep Canyon, 1 male, 2–5.Jun.2002, M.E. Irwin and F.D. Parker (EMUS), 1 male, 13. Jun.1963, 1 male, 11.Nov.1963.
Distribution. This species is widespread in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. It is also present in the Great Basin Desert, the Colorado Plateau and the Snake River Plain.
Remarks. This species was recently resurrected from synonymy with S. unicolor (Wilson & Pitts 2009). This species occurs throughout the Coachella Valley and was referred to as S. unicolor in Pitts et al. (2009).
There is a wide array of integumental coloration in this species. Specimens range from nearly black integument to a more reddish-brown color characteristic of most nocturnal mutillids. Female integumental coloration has a similar range as the males. The setal coloration rarely varies among S. mendica specimens. Some individuals have pale orange setae on their mesosoma, but the majority has entirely white setae. All specimens have dense fringes of white plumose setae on the apical margins of the tergites. Only the light forms have been collected at Deep Canyon.
description: Published as part of Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F., 2010, Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2553 on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196847
Sphaeropthalma pallida Blake
Creators: name: Pitts, James P.
name: Wilson, Joseph S.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Boehme, Nicole F.
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Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Sphaeropthalma
Sphaeropthalma pallida

description: Sphaeropthalma pallida (Blake)
Agama pallida Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 3: 263. Male. Holotype data: Texas, type no. 4552 (ANSP). Sphaeropthalma (Micromutilla) arizonae Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 16. Male. Holotype data: Tucson, Arizona, 5.Jun.1935, Bryant (UMSP).
Diagnosis of male. This small species can be recognized by the deeply excised mandibles that are oblique apically (Fig. 27), a marginal cell that is approximate the same length as the stigma, the mesosternum lacks processes, the first metasomal segment is sessile with the second, plumose setal fringes are absent on the metasoma, and the cuspis of the genitalia is very short just barely surpassing the free length of the penis valve (Fig. 61).
Female. Unknown.
Material examined. California, Riverside Co., Deep Canyon: 1 male, 4. May.1974, 1 male, 4– 6. May.1970, 2 males, 15–23. May.1970, 5 males, 16. May.1963, 1 male, 1–4. Jun.1970, 2 males, 6– 13. Jun.1969, 1 male, 13–18. Jun.1969, 1 male, 27–28. Jun.1969, 1 male, 20.Jun–1. Jul.1969, 1 male, 13– 14. Jul.1969, 1 male, 7–9. Aug.1969, 1 male, 30.Aug–7. Sep.1973, 2 males, 11. Sep.1969, 1 male, 25.Sep.1969.
Distribution. Widespread throughout the Southwest from Texas and Oklahoma to Mojave and Sonoran deserts.
Remarks. Ferguson (1967) synonymized S. pallida and S. arizonae. We agree with this conclusion. This species could be confused with S. difficilis from which it can be separated by differences in the length of the genitalic cuspis. In S. pallida the cuspis (Fig. 61) barely surpasses the penis valve while in S. difficilis the cuspis is elongate (see Fig. 3 in Pitts et al. 2009).
description: Published as part of Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F., 2010, Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2553 on page 27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196847
Copidognathus temaeus Bartsch 1992
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Tapas
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Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Halacaridae
Copidognathus
Copidognathus temaeus

description: Copidognathus temaeus Bartsch, 1992
Records from India. ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: Chatam Island, among Jania rubens — Chatterjee (1996a).
Records from other places. WESTERN PACIFIC: Moorea, Bora Bora, Society Islands— Bartsch (1992a).
Distribution. ITE— India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands); PTW—Moorea, Bora Bora, Society Islands.
Remarks. The present species belongs to the Copidognathus temaeus group (Bartsch 1997; Chatterjee et al. 2006). Main characteristics of temaeus group are: palps short, hardly surpassing the rostrum; Palpal segment 2 with spinular lamella; telofemur I often with spinular ventral lamella; tibia I with 2 blunt spurs with spinose tips (Bartsch 1997). Four species are known in ‘ C. temaeus group’ so far: C. temaeus Bartsch from Moorea, Bora Bora, Society Islands, western Pacific and Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean (Bartsch 1992a; Chatterjee 1996a), C.malaysius Bartsch, 1993 from Archipelago Tioman, eastern coast of Malaysia (Bartsch 1993), C. elaborates Bartsch 1997 from northern Australia (Bartsch 1997) and C. fungiae Chatterjee, De Troch & Chang 2006 from South Korea (Chatterjee et al. 2006).
description: Published as part of Chatterjee, Tapas, 2022, An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India, pp. 301-320 in Zootaxa 5141 (4) on page 307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6592866
Sphaeropthalma sublobata Schuster
Creators: name: Pitts, James P.
name: Wilson, Joseph S.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Boehme, Nicole F.
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Year: 2010
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Sphaeropthalma
Sphaeropthalma sublobata

description: Sphaeropthalma sublobata Schuster
Sphaeropthalma (Micromutilla) sublobata Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 16. Male. Holotype data: Mt. Home, Idaho, 7.Jul.1951, J. Nottingham (SEMC).
Diagnosis of male. This small species can be recognized by the weakly excised mandibles that are oblique apically (Fig. 28), a marginal cell that is approximately 0.75X the length of the stigma, the mesosternum lacks processes, the first metasomal segment is sessile with the second, plumose setal fringes are present on the metasoma, the hind coxa has large lobes, the pygidium glabrous, and the cuspis of the genitalia is thickened, densely setose, and long being approximately 0.75X the free length of the paramere (Fig. 62).
Female. Unknown.
Material examined. California, Riverside Co., Deep Canyon: 3 males, 13 Apr.1969, 1 male, 15. May.1969, 3 males, 18. May.1969, 2 males, 21–29. May.1973, 2 males, 27.May–1. Jun.1970, 1 male, 4– 12. Jun.1973, 1 male, 6–13. Jun.1969, 10 males, 13–18. Jun.1969, 1 male, 1–2. Jul.1969, 1 male, 2–3. Jul.1969, 1 male, 10–12. Jul.1969, 1 male, 19–21. Jul.1969, 1 male, 30.Sep–3.Oct.1973.
Distribution. Snake River Valley and Great Basin, Mojave and western Sonoran deserts.
Remarks. Schuster designated a holotype from Mt. Home, Idaho. He also designated a holotype from Ehrenberg, Arizona located in UMSP. This second holotype is not conspecific with the first holotype and does not match the characters Schuster (1958) listed for this species in his key.
This species has been rarely collected and, although no specimens currently exist from these regions, it is presumed to be found in the Great Basin and Mojave deserts, given that it has been found in Idaho and southern California.
This species is placed into the S. noctivaga species-group that also contains S. brachyptera, S. chandleri, S. noctivaga, and S. yumaella.
description: Published as part of Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F., 2010, Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2553 on pages 27-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196847
Copidognathus waltairensis Chatterjee & Annapurna 2002
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Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Halacaridae
Copidognathus
Copidognathus waltairensis

description: Copidognathus waltairensis Chatterjee & Annapurna, 2002
Records from India. ANDHRA PRADESH: Palm beach, Visakhapatnam, among tidal algae Caulerpa racemosa, Gracelaria corticata — Chatterjee & Annapurna (2002, 2003).
Distribution. ITE— India (Andhra Pradesh).
Remarks. Present species is characterised by presence of single posterior areola (which consists a depression on anterior side) on AD, denticulous process on tibiae I and II psteroventrally, ovipositor long. This species has some similarity with ‘ Copidognathus lamellosus group’ but differ from that group by the presence of single posterior areola on AD in contrast to two circular posterior areolae present in lamellosus group.
description: Published as part of Chatterjee, Tapas, 2022, An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India, pp. 301-320 in Zootaxa 5141 (4) on page 307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6592866
Microtritia minima
Creators: name: Murvanidze, Maka
name: Mumladze, Levan
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Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Euphthiracaridae
Microtritia
Microtritia minima

description: Microtritia minima (Berlese, 1904)
Distribution in Georgia. W: Ritsa Reserve, Ispani Reserve; E: Tbilisi (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010)
Global distribution. Semicosmopolitan
Ecology. Humid forest soils
description: Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka & Mumladze, Levan, 2016, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4089 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257567
Sphaeropthalma tetracuspis Schuster
Creators: name: Pitts, James P.
name: Wilson, Joseph S.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Boehme, Nicole F.
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Sphaeropthalma
Sphaeropthalma tetracuspis

description: Sphaeropthalma tetracuspis Schuster
Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) tetracuspis Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 31. Male. Holotype data: San Fernando, Lower California, Mexico, 31.Jul.1938, Michelbacher and Ross (CASC).
Diagnosis of male. It can be recognized by having mandibles that are weakly excised ventrally with an indistinct basal tooth and an apex that is tetradentate and oblique (Fig. 29) and is similar in shape to that of S. mendica (Fig. 55), the posterior margin of the head is quadrate, the mesosternal lacks processes, the second metasomal sternite has a distinct felt line, and the pygidium is granulate. The genitalia (Fig. 63) are similar to those of S. angulifera (Fig. 53) and S. mendica (Fig. 60).
Female. Unknown.
Material examined. California, Riverside Co., Deep Canyon: 2 males, 13. May.1963, 1 male, 16. May.1963, 1 male, 24.May.1963, coll. M. Irwin.
Distribution. The western Sonoran Desert into Baja California, Mexico.
Remarks. This species is in the S. unicolor species-group along with S. angulifera, S. mendica, S. pinalea, S. subtriangularis and S. unicolor.
This species is similar to S. mendica and differences in their genitalia are difficult to distinguish, although the cuspis of S. tetracuspis seems to be longer. Besides the differences in the mandibles of these two species, the clypeus of S. tetracuspis is distinctive, the posterior portion pushed forward and the anterior portion shortened. Laterally the clypeus looks curved almost in a ‘C’ shape. The clypeus of the other members of this group is flat anteriorly and gently curved posteriorly.
description: Published as part of Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F., 2010, Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2553 on page 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196847
Copidognathus undetermined
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Tapas
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Halacaridae
Copidognathus
Copidognathus undetermined

description: Copidognathus sp. (affinity to Copidognathus longispinus)
Records from India: ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: Chatam Island (reported as Copidognathus longispinus Bartsch & Iliffe), among algae Jania rubens — Chatterjee (1995b).
Remarks: This species is a member of Copidognathus gibbus group. Chatterjee (1995b) reported this species as Copidognathus longispinus Bartsch & Iliffe, 1985. But the Fig. 1i of leg IV of Chatterjee (1995b) show a ventral seta on telofemur which differ it from C. longispinus, whether this ventral seta is an artefact or really exists should be checked with newly collected specimens. This species at present kept here as Copidognathus sp. (affinity to Copidognathus longispinus). Further investigation requires collecting specimens from Andaman and Nicobar Islands to know exact nature of this species.
description: Published as part of Chatterjee, Tapas, 2022, An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India, pp. 301-320 in Zootaxa 5141 (4) on page 308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6592866
Sphaeropthalma triangularis Blake
Creators: name: Pitts, James P.
name: Wilson, Joseph S.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Boehme, Nicole F.
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Sphaeropthalma
Sphaeropthalma triangularis

description: Sphaeropthalma triangularis (Blake)
Agama triangularis Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 3: 262. Male. Holotype data: Nevada (ANSP).
Diagnosis of male. The male of this species is easily recognized by the triangular shaped posterior margin of the head, the weakly excised mandibles that are oblique apically (Fig. 30), the lack of mesosternal processes, the lobe-like projections on the hind coxae, and the triangulate posterior projection of the apex of the hind tibia. The genitalia are illustrated by Pitts et al. (2009) in Fig. 26.
Diagnosis of female. The female of this species was described in Pitts et al. (2009).
Material examined. California, Imperial Co.: Algodones dunes 7 mi. SE Glamis, 32°55’20”N 114°59’14”W, 1 female, 19.Mar.1979 – 24.Mar.1979 (CDFA).
Distribution. Southwestern USA.
Remarks. Sphaeropthalma triangularis is widespread and not endemic to Deep Canyon. This species previously placed in its own species-group and was moved to Schuster’s S. rustica species-group by Pitts et al. (2009). Given that the addition of this species-group differs from that of Schuster (1958) with the addition of S. triangularis and exclusion of S. pluto and S. juxta, we chose to rename this the S. unicolor species-group. This species-group is further discussed in the remarks section of S. tetracuspis.
description: Published as part of Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F., 2010, Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2553 on page 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196847
Mesotritia grandjeani
Creators: name: Murvanidze, Maka
name: Mumladze, Levan
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Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Oribotritiidae
Mesotritia
Mesotritia grandjeani

description: Mesotritia grandjeani (Feider & Suciu, 1957)
Distribution in Georgia. W: Kintrishi Reserve, Batumi Botanical Garden (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010)
Global distribution. Semicosmopolitan
Ecology. Humid forest soils
description: Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka & Mumladze, Levan, 2016, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4089 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257567
Sphaeropthalma yumaella Schuster
Creators: name: Pitts, James P.
name: Wilson, Joseph S.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Boehme, Nicole F.
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Sphaeropthalma
Sphaeropthalma yumaella

description: Sphaeropthalma yumaella Schuster
Sphaeropthalma (Micromutilla) yumaella Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. 37: 19. Male. Holotype data: Wellton, Yuma Co., Arizona (CUIC).
Diagnosis of male. This species is recognized by the strongly excised mandible (Fig. 31), the lack of mesosternal processes, the marginal cell that is shorter than the stigma, the first segment of the metasoma that is sessile with the second segment, and the genitalia that have a long thick cylindrical cuspis that tapers apically and has a large basal pit on the internal margin (see Pitts et al. 2009: Fig. 6).
Female. Unknown, but see Pitts et al. (2009).
Material examined. California, Riverside Co., Deep Canyon: 1 male, 5–17. Apr.1970, 4 males, 2. May.1963, 1 male, 15. May.1969, 1 male, 15–23. May.1970, 1 male, 16. May.1962, 4 males, 16. May.1963, 1 male, 18. May.1969, 1 male, 19. May.1973, 28 males, 22–23. May.2007, 1 male, 24. May.1969, 1 male, 5– 13. Jun.1973, 3 males, 6–13. Jun.1969, 1 male, 13. Jun.1963, 2 male, 20. Jun.1963, 2 males, 13–18. Jun.1969, 1 male, 18–19. Jun.1969, 1 male, 24–26. Jun.1969, 1 male, 30. Jun.1964, 1 male, 29.Jun–6. Jul.1973, 2 males, 3– 7. Jul.1969, 4 males, 7. Jul.1964, 3 males, 10. Jul.1963, 3 males, 10–12. Jul.1969, 1 male, 11–13. Jul.1969, 1 male, 13–20. Jul.1973, 1 male, 19–21. Jul.1969, 2 males, 23. Jul.1969, 1 male, 23–24. Jul.1969, 12 males, 30– 31. Jul.2007, 1 male, 4–5. Aug.1969, 4 males, 5–7. Aug.1969, 1 male, 5–9. Sep.1969, 2 males, 9–11. Aug.1969, 3 males, 16–17. Aug.1969, 1 male, 24. Aug.1969, 2 males, 25–26. Aug.1969, 1 male, 11. Sep.1969, 2 males, 23. Sep.1963, 1 male, 25. Sep.1969, 5 males, 26.Sep–6. Oct.1969, 3 males, 6–8. Sep.1969, 1 male, 9. Oct.1963, 1 male, 11. Nov.1963, 1 male, 10–22.Dec.1969.
Distribution. Mojave Desert from Southern Nevada southward throughout the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and southern California into Baja California, Mexico.
Remarks. This species is widespread and not endemic to Deep Canyon. This species is placed into the S. noctivaga species-group that also contains S. brachyptera, S. chandleri, sp. nov., S. noctivaga, and S. yumaella.
description: Published as part of Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F., 2010, Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2553 on page 29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196847
Limnohalacarus cultellatus Viets 1940
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Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Halacaridae
Limnohalacarus
Limnohalacarus cultellatus

description: Limnohalacarus cultellatus Viets, 1940
Records from India. ANDHRA PRADESH: Kakinada Bay (reported as L. kakinadus), brackish water tidal flat— Chatterjee & Chang (2005).
Records from other places. BRAZIL: Central-West region of Brazil (Mato Grosso State)— Bartsch (2011); Rio Grande do Sul — Pepato & Costa (2015). CARIBBEAN AREA: Margarita, Curacao, Aruba and Bonaire Islands, found in Piped water, rivers and water in fissures— Viets (1940); West Indiz: Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman)— Bartsch (1984b). HUNGARY — Zánkai (2005). MADAGASCAR: South-eastern Madagascar, Fianarantsoa, Ionilahy, stream draining area Marosaro (River Ionilahy), 200-220 m depth, interstitial— Bartsch (2018); Northern Madagascar, Antsiranana, Antalaha, Marofinaritra, River Andranomenaheli, upstream confluence with River Ankavia, 70 m depth— Bartsch (2013b, c, 2018). MEXICO: Yucatán Peninsula, Anchialine cave— Ojeda et al. (2016). USA: Georgia and Wisconsin, river— Bartsch (2011). REPUBLIC OF EI SALVADOR– Bartsch (2011).
Distribution. AFROTROPICAL REGION — Madagascar; NEARCTIC REGION – United States; NEOTROPICAL REGION— Brazil (Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul), Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman), El Salvador, Mexico (Quintana Roo), The Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curaçao), Venezuela (Margarita Island); ORIENTAL REGION— India (Andhra Pradesh); PALAEARCTIC REGION—Europe - Hungary.
Remarks. Limnohalacarus cultellatus has been reported from fresh and slightly brackish waters, in wells and ditches, amongst vegetation and bottom deposits (Bartsch 2011). Future analysis based on molecular data should confirm or disprove the taxonomic status of populations of this species from wide geographical areas.
Bartsch (1999d) reported a new Limonhalacarus species L. australis from Kimberley, Western Australia based on a single female specimen. Limonhalacarus australis is very similar with L. cultellatus. More specimens of L. australis should be collected and studied to know the variability in characters e.g., number of genital acetabula. Future studies at morphological and molecular levels should investigate the status of the different species/populations.
description: Published as part of Chatterjee, Tapas, 2022, An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India, pp. 301-320 in Zootaxa 5141 (4) on page 308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6592866
Mesotritia nuda
Creators: name: Murvanidze, Maka
name: Mumladze, Levan
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Year: 2016
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Oribotritiidae
Mesotritia
Mesotritia nuda

description: Mesotritia nuda (Berlese, 1887)
Distribution in Georgia. W: Ritsa Reserve, Sakeni (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010)
Global distribution. Holarctic
Ecology. Forest soils and tree bark
description: Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka & Mumladze, Levan, 2016, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4089 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257567