Supplementary description of Liacarus neonominatus Subías, 2004, with remarks on the genus Liacarus (Acari, Oribatida, Liacaridae)

G. Ermilov, Sergey; Kontschán, Jenő; V. Soromotin, Andrey; A. Shulaev, Nikita; Bayartogtokh, Badamdorj

doi:10.22073/pja.v14i1.86331

Supplementary description of Liacarus neonominatus Subías, 2004, with remarks on the genus Liacarus (Acari, Oribatida, Liacaridae)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Sergey G. Ermilov ¹

Jenő Kontschán ²

Andrey V. Soromotin ³

Nikita A. Shulaev ⁴

Badamdorj Bayartogtokh ⁵

¹ Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

² Plant Protection Institute, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary

³ University of Tyumen, Research Institute of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Russia

⁴ University of Tyumen, Laboratory of Memristor Materials, Center for Nature-Inspired Engineering, School of Natural Sciences, Russia

⁵ National University of Mongolia, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

10.22073/pja.v14i1.86331

Abstract

The supplementary description of Liacarus neonominatus Subías, 2004 (Oribatida, Liacaridae) is presented, based on the material collected from soil and sand in a shrub-lichen tundra, Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia. The main morphological traits of this species are summarized. The taxonomic status of some liacarid genera related with Liacarus is discussed, resulting in the following taxonomic proposals: Liacarus Michael, 1898 (= Dorycranosus Woolley, 1969 syn. nov., = Procorynetes Woolley, 1969 syn. nov., = Rhaphidosus Woolley, 1969 syn. nov.).

Keywords

liacarid mites

morphology

Russia

taxonomy

Western Siberia

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