Tripiloppia

• Main Authors: Ermilov, Sergey G., Minor, Maria A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Sarcoptiformes; Oppiidae; Tripiloppia; New Zealand; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6096886; https://zenodo.org/record/6096886

Key to known species Tripiloppia 1. Rostrum truncated, slightly wavy; body size: 337–365 × 194 – 171......... T. subiasi Balogh, 1982. Distribution: Australia. - Rostrum distinctly tripartite............................................................................ 2 2. Five pairs of genital setae; bothridial setae with well-developed lanceolate head and short cilia....................... 3 - Four pairs of genital setae; bothridial setae pectinate.......................................................... 5 3. Costulae short, diagonally oriented; humeral regions with narrowly triangular processes; body size: 332–348 × 166–174................................................................... T. alpina sp. nov. Distribution: New Zealand. - Costulae elongated, longitudinally oriented; humeral regions absent or not narrowly triangular........................ 4 4. Notogastral cristae very long, reaching the insertions of setae h 3; humeral regions with large tubercle-like processes; body size: 337–365 × 194 – 171................ T. algicola (Golosova & Karppinen, 1983) comb. nov. Distribution: Sakhalin Island. - Notogastral cristae short, not reaching the insertions of setae h 3; humeral regions without processes; body size: 415–448 × 215–249........................................................ T. frigida sp. nov. Distribution: New Zealand. 5. Anterior of notogaster with one pair of medial tubercles...................................................... 6 - Anterior medial margin of notogaster without medial tubercles................................................. 7 6. Distal parts of costulae parallel; bothridial branches with cilia; body length: 490............................................................................................ T. traegardhi Hammer, 1968. Distribution: New Zealand. - Distal parts of costulae curving medially; bothridial branches simple; body length: 340.......................................................................................... T. aokii Hammer, 1968. Distribution: New Zealand. 7. Bothridial setae with very short branches (obviously shorter than interlamellar setae); body length: 630............................................................................ T. dalenii Hammer, 1968. Distribution: New Zealand. - Bothridial setae with distinctly long branches (similar to interlamellar setae in length).............................. 8 8. Distal parts of costulae parallel; lamellar setae distanced from distal parts of costulae; body length: 550......................................................................... T. forsslundi Hammer, 1968. Distribution: New Zealand. - Distal parts of costulae curving medially; lamellar setae inserted nearly to distal parts of costulae; body length: 490–500....................................................... T. tarraswahlbergi Hammer, 1968. Distribution: New Zealand. : Published as part of Ermilov, Sergey G. & Minor, Maria A., 2015, New Oppiidae (Acari, Oribatida) from New Zealand, pp. 181-194 in Zootaxa 4007 (2) on page 189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/237361 : {"references": ["Balogh, J. (1982) New oppioid mites from Australia (Acari: Oribatei). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 28 (1 - 2), 3 - 14.", "Golosova, L. D. & Karppinen, E. (1983) Two new oribatid mites (Acarina, Oribatei) from the Far East. Annales Entomologici Fennici, 49, 87 - 88.", "Hammer, M. (1968) Investigations on the Oribatid fauna of New Zealand. Part III. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Biologiske Skrifter, 16 (2), 1 - 96."]}