Oppiidae Grandjean 1951
Creators: name: Fischer, Barbara M.
name: Schatz, Heinrich
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Oppiidae

description: Oppiidae Grandjean, 1951
Berniniella bicarinata (Paoli, 1908)
Distribution: Palaearctic
Habitat: preferably in forest soils
Obergurgl area: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald)
Dissorhina ornata (Oudemans, 1900)
Distribution: Holarctic
Habitat: preferably in dry forest soils, also in lichens
Obergurgl area: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald); previous studies: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald)
Dissorhina signata (Schwalbe, 1989)
Distribution: Northern Italy—Prov. Bolzano, Trento, Sondrio; Germany, Slovakia, Switzerland—Grisons; Romania—Transylvania, Austria
Habitat: montane forest soils?, in moss on tree
Obergurgl area: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald)
Remark: This species is described from a spruce forest in Germany (Schwalbe 1989). In our study it was only detected in the Pinus cembra forest. Dissorhina signata was found in several places in Central Europe. This is the first record for Austria and the Central Alps.
Microppia minus (Paoli, 1908)
Distribution: almost cosmopolitan, including Subantarctic Islands Habitat: undifferentiated, euryoecious species
Obergurgl area: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald)
Oppiella (Moritzoppia) unicarinata (Paoli, 1908) Distribution: Holarctic
Habitat: forest soils, in moss
Obergurgl area: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald)
Oppiella (Rhinoppia) obsoleta (Paoli, 1908)
Distribution: Holarctic, New Zealand
Habitat: euryoecious species
Obergurgl area: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald); previous studies: 1960 m (hay meadow), pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald), 2100–2190 m (dwarf shrub community), 2230–2340 m (alpine meadows with lichen communities)
Oppiella (Rhinoppia) subpectinata (Oudemans, 1900)
Distribution: Holarctic, Ethiopian region (Senegal)
Habitat: euryoecious species; preferably in soils with high content of organic substances Obergurgl area: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald); previous studies: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald)
Oppiella (Oppiella) falcata (Paoli, 1908)
Distribution: Europe, Caucasia, Central Asia
Habitat: (deciduous) forest soils
Obergurgl area: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald), Nardetum at 2300 m (Schönwieskopf), Caricetum at 2600 m (Hohe Mut); previous studies: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald)
Nomenclatural remark: Lauroppia falcata (Paoli, 1908) according to Subías (2012)
Oppiella (Oppiella) nova (Oudemans, 1902)
Distribution: almost cosmopolitan, including Subantarctic Islands
Habitat: euryoecious species
Obergurgl area: Caricetum at 2600 m (Hohe Mut), Androsacetum alpinae at 2900 m (Liebener Rippe); previous studies: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald)
Oppiella (Oppiella) obscura (Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp, 2000)
Distribution: Switzerland, Austria
Habitat: unknown
Obergurgl area: Androsacetum alpinae at 2900 m (Liebener Rippe)
Taxonomic remarks: This species has been described recently as Lauroppia obscura from alpine meadows in Valais and Grisons in Switzerland (Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp 2000). In the present investigation O. (Oppiella) obscura was recorded outside Switzerland for the first time. Hitherto this species was only found in alpine regions. A probable synonymity to Lauroppia doris (Perez-Inigo, 1978) as assumed by Subías (2012) and Lauroppia tenuipectinata Subias & Rodriguez, 1988 is not clarified (Weigmann 2006).
Oppiella (Oppiella) uliginosa (Willmann, 1919)
Distribution: Central Europe: Northern Italy—Prov. Bolzano; Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland
Habitat: preferably in forests; also in moss, arboricolous
Obergurgl area: pine forest at 2050 m (Zirbenwald)
Remark: It is very probable that O. (Oppiella) uliginosa was confused with the morphologically similar species O. (Oppiella) nova in the past.
Nomenclatural remark: Oppiella nova uliginosa (Willmann, 1919) according to Subías (2012)
description: Published as part of Fischer, Barbara M. & Schatz, Heinrich, 2013, Biodiversity of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) along an altitudinal gradient in the Central Alps, pp. 429-454 in Zootaxa 3626 (4) on pages 441-442, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/216337