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The present checklist of the oribatid mites compiles all known published records of Ecuador with 479 species belonging to 232 genera and 89 families; 180 of these species were described from Ecuador. Oribatid mites were found in 15 of the 24 provinces that conform the Ecuadorian territory. In the provinces of Zamora Chinchipe, Galápagos, Loja, Cotopaxi, Pichincha and Napo, 95% of the species were recorded. 23.6% of these species are known only from Ecuador, 47.8% are distributed in Neotropical region, the remaining are Pantropical, semicosmopolitan and cosmopolitan. This high number of species makes Ecuador the country with the second largest number of species records in Latin America after Brazil.

Fosseremus laciniatus (Berlese, 1905) Fosseremus quadripertitus: Schatz (1998). Distribution: Cosmopolitan. Records in Ecuador: Galápagos, Zamora Chinchipe (San Francisco Biological Reserve) and Loja (andean mountain region of the Loja valley). Habitat: Arid, transition and moist zone. Soil and litter of pine (Pinus patula) and degraded forest. Litterbags of Puteria sp., Cavendishia zamorensis and Mollinedia sp References: Schatz (1998): 382; Schatz (2006): 234; Illig et al. (2007): 228; Illig et al. (2008): 164; Marian et al. (2018): 268-270; Marian et al. (2020): 7., Published as part of Revelo-Tobar, Harol, 2022, Checklist of Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Ecuador, pp. 1-96 in Zootaxa 5210 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5210.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7345248, {"references":["Schatz, H. (1998) Oribatid mites of the Galapagos Islands - Faunistics, ecology and speciation. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 22, 373 - 409. https: // doi. org / 10.1023 / A: 1006097928124","Schatz, H. (2006) Catalogue of known oribatid mite species (Acari Oribatida) from the Central American landbridge (First part). Tropical Zoology, 19, 209 - 288.","Illig, J., Sandmann, S., Schatz, H., Scheu, S. & Maraun, N. (2007) Oribatida (Mites) Checklist Reserva Biologica San Francisco (Prov. Zamora Chinchipe, S. Ecuador). Ecotropical Monographs, 4, 221 - 230.","Illig, J., Schatz, H., Scheu, S. & Maraun, M. (2008) Decomposition and colonization by micro-arthropods of two litter types in a tropical montane rain forest in southern Ecuador. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 24, 157 - 167. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0266467407004750","Marian, F., Sandmann, D., Krashevska, V., Maraun, M. & Scheu, S. (2018) Altitude and decomposition stage rather than litter origin structure soil microarthropod communities in tropical montane rainforests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 125, 263 - 274. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. soilbio. 2018.07.017","Marian, F., Ramirez-Castillo, P., Iniguez-Armijos, C., Gunter, S. M., Maraun, M. & Scheu, S. (2020) Conversion of Andean montane forests into plantations: Effects on soil characteristics, microorganisms, and microarthropods. Biotropica, 52 (6), 1142 - 1154. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / btp. 12813"]}

Caudamaeolus petalus P. Balogh, 1988 Distribution: Ecuador. Records in Ecuador: Pichincha (riverbanks of río Alamo, 3 km leaving Nono) and Zamora Chinchipe (San Francisco Biological Reserve and Podocarpus National Park-Bombuscaro). Habitat: Soil and leaf litter in a forest patch. Litterbags of Puteria sp., Cavendishia zamorensis, Mollinedia sp., Graffenrieda emarginata and Clusia spp. References: P. Balogh (1988): 323; Balogh & Balogh (2002a, 2002b): 93; Marian et al. (2018): 268-270., Published as part of Revelo-Tobar, Harol, 2022, Checklist of Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Ecuador, pp. 1-96 in Zootaxa 5210 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5210.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7345248, {"references":["Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. (1988) Oribatid mites of the Neotropical Region I. 3 rd Edition. Elsevier Science Publishing Company, Inc., Amsterdam. 355 pp.","Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. (2002 a) Identification Keys to the Oribatid Mites of the Extra-Holarctic Regions II. Well-PRess Publishing Limited, Budapest, 372 pp.","Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. (2002 b) Identification Keys to the Oribatid Mites of the Extra-Holartic Regions I. Well-PRess Publishing Limited, Budapest, 453 pp.","Marian, F., Sandmann, D., Krashevska, V., Maraun, M. & Scheu, S. (2018) Altitude and decomposition stage rather than litter origin structure soil microarthropod communities in tropical montane rainforests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 125, 263 - 274. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. soilbio. 2018.07.017"]}

Damaeolus asperatus (Berlese, 1904) Damaeolus asperatus Csisz��r & Jeleva 1962, p. 286, figs 10-11. Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime: AB, AND-I very numerous, FRA single record, FAG numerous. General distribution: Northern, southern Italy; Italian, Austrian Alps; southwestern Palaearctic, Holarctic; Mediterranean. Habitat preferences: silvicolous; xerophilous. Remark: Body length 250���300 ��m., Published as part of Schatz, Heinrich, Fortini, Lorenzo, Fusco, Tommaso, Casale, Francesca, Jacomini, Carlo & Giulio, Andrea Di, 2021, Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from " Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime " (Piedmont, Italy), pp. 501-540 in Zootaxa 5082 (6) on page 514, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5082.6.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5797624, {"references":["Csiszar, J. & Jeleva, M. (1962) Oribatid mites (Acari) from Bulgarian soils. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 8 (3 - 4), 273 - 301."]}

Fosseremus laciniatus (Berlese, 1905) Fosseremus laciniatus Weigmann 2006, p. 217, fig. 114a-c. Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime: AB sparse, FRA, PRATO, AND-I numerous. General distribution: Northern, southern Italy; Italian, Swiss, Austrian Alps; semicosmopolitan; Mediterranean. Habitat preferences: xerophilous., Published as part of Schatz, Heinrich, Fortini, Lorenzo, Fusco, Tommaso, Casale, Francesca, Jacomini, Carlo & Giulio, Andrea Di, 2021, Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from " Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime " (Piedmont, Italy), pp. 501-540 in Zootaxa 5082 (6) on pages 514-515, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5082.6.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5797624, {"references":["Weigmann, G. (2006) Hornmilben (Oribatida). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Teil 76. Goecke & Evers, Keltern, 520 pp."]}

The morphological ontogeny of Damaeolus ornatissimus Csiszár, 1962 from Romania is described and illustrated. The nymphs of this species are quadrideficient and eupheredermous, i.e. they carry the exuvial scalps of previous instars on the gastronotum. The bothridial seta of juveniles is fusiform, with long apical flagellum, and all prodorsal and gastronotal setae are smooth, and some of them are covered with thick layer of granular cerotegument. The larva has polygonal pattern on the gastronotum, two pairs of setae on paraproctal valves and 12 pairs of gastronotal setae, the nymphs have 12 pairs of latter setae. In all instars, seta d on all genua and tibiae is present.

Oribatid mites were investigated in six sites in the Alpi Marittime Natural Park (Prov. Cuneo, Piedmont, northern Italy) which is part of the NATURA 2000 network. The selected locations cover 4 forested (fir, ash, 2 beech forests) and 2 grassland sites (mountain meadow, xeric grassland). Altogether 173 described oribatid species belonging to 51 families were encountered, complemented by one undetermined species (Scheloribates (Topobates) cf. carpathicus), added together 174 species. Among them 11 species are new records for Italy. A comparison with other Italian alpine provinces shows high similarity of the oribatid species composition from the investigated sites with the provinces of Bolzano, Trento, Sondrio. A total of 37 species from the Marittime Alps has also been recorded in the southern part of the nearby Swiss canton Ticino. The majority of the species in the investigated sites are known as silvicolous; xerophilous species were mainly found in the xeric grassland site at lower altitude. High species similarities are observed between the forested sites, which also show high species numbers (up to 96 spp. found in the fir forest), lowest similarities are found between the open grassland sites and the forested sites, as well as between the grassland sites themselves.

Akrami, Mohammad Ali, Shahedi, Alireza (2020): Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Taft county, Yazd province of Iran, with new records. Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (2): 141-160, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i2.58955

This checklist of the oribatid fauna of Canada and Alaska (excluding Astigmata) includes 580 identified species in 249 genera and 96 families. The known fauna of Canada includes 556 identified species in 247 genera, and that of Alaska includes 182 species in 95 genera; 39 of the 42 oribatid superfamilies are represented. We further list ~ 300 species that are currently unidentified, and possibly undescribed. In addition, we list 42 genera that are represented only by unidentified and probably undescribed species. For each species we give combinations and synonymies, specific locations in Alaska and the Provinces and Territories of Canada, habitats, and biogeography. There are 182 identified species known for Alaska, 152 for Yukon, 122 for Northwest Territories, 58 for Nunavut; 210 for British Columbia, 213 for Alberta, 15 for Saskatchewan, 84 for Manitoba, 167 for Ontario, 210 for Québec, 110 for Nova Scotia, 77 for New Brunswick, 84 for Newfoundland and 6 for Prince Edward Island. The known fauna of Canada is smaller than that of Austria, and is approximately equivalent to that of the Czech Republic. As these countries are much smaller in size than Canada and less ecologically diverse, we consider the Canadian and Alaskan fauna are at most 25% known. The paucity of these data reflects the absence of taxonomic and faunistic studies on Oribatida in State, Provinces or Territories, and especially in the Canadian and Alaskan National Park systems and the hundreds of Provincial Parks. Despite the almost 90% increase in described species since the catalogue of Marshall et al. (1987), there is a need for focussed, coordinated research on Oribatida in the natural regions throughout Canada and Alaska, and for monographs on families and genera with large numbers of undescribed species, such as Brachychthoniidae, Damaeidae, Cepheidae, Liacaridae, Oppiidae, Suctobelbidae, Hydrozetidae, Phenopelopidae, Scheloribatidae, Haplozetidae and Galumnidae.

Fosseremus laciniatus Berlese, 1905 Geographic Location and Habitats: AB: Onoway (53°77'N, 114°06'W) (Walter & Latonas 2012). Distribution: Semicosmopolitan. Family Eremobelbidae Genus Eremobelba Berlese, 1908, Published as part of Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, pp. 1-180 in Zootaxa 4666 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4666.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4000595, {"references":["Walter, D. E. & Latonas, S. (2012) Almanac of Alberta Acari Part II. Ver. 2.1. Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, AB. 159 pp. Available from: https: // www. royalalbertamuseum. ca / research / lifeSciences / invertebrateZoology / research. cfm (accessed 20 March 2019)","Berlese, A. (1908) Elenco di generi e specie nouve di acari. Redia, 5, 1 - 16."]}

Damaeolus sp. Geographic Location and Habitats: BC: Vancouver Is., Walbran Valley, Western redcedar (Lindo & Winchester 2006). Genus Fosseremus Grandjean, 1954, Published as part of Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, pp. 1-180 in Zootaxa 4666 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4666.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4000595, {"references":["Lindo, Z. & Winchester, N. N. (2006) A comparison of microarthropod assemblages with emphasis on oribatid mites in canopy suspended soils and forest floors associated with ancient western redcedar trees. Pedobiologia, 50, 31 - 41. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. pedobi. 2005.09.002","Grandjean, F. (1954) Observations sur les Oribates (29 e serie). Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (2 e ser.), 26, 334 - 341."]}

Family Damaeolidae Genus Damaeolus Paoli, 1908 Damaeolus asperatus (Berlese, 1904) — Pr —43, 51, 52. Genus Fosseremus Grandjean, 1954 Fosseremus laciniatus (Berlese, 1905) — Pr, Kh —6, 7, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 34, 35, 37, 43, 44, 49, 51, 52, 54, 55; Jl —61 (Chen et al. 1988, Wang & Hu 1992, Wang & Cui 1997, Wang et al. 1997, Wang, Hu & Yin 2000). Fosseremus sculpturatus Mahunka, 1982 — Jl —63, 75 (Wen 1990a, Wang, Hu & Yin 2000)., Published as part of Ryabinin, Nikolay A., Liu, Dong, Gao, Meixiang & Wu, Dong-Hui, 2018, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Russian Far East and Northeast of China, pp. 201-232 in Zootaxa 4472 (2) on page 216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1440137, {"references":["Chen, P., Wen, Z. G., Aoki, J., Shiba, M. & Ishikawa, K. (1988) Investigation on soil Acarid in Jingyuetan area, Changchun. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 34 (3), 282 - 293. [in Chinese with English abstract]","Wang, H. F., Hu, S. H., Wang, X. Z. & Cui, Y. Q. (1992) Acari: Oribatida. In: Huang, F. S. (Ed.), Insects of Wuling Mountains Area, Southwestern China. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 701 - 711. [in Chinese with English abstract]","Wang, H. F. & Cui, Y. Q. (1997) Acari: Acariformes: Oribatida. In: Yang, X. K. (Ed.), Insects of the Three Gorge Reservoir Rrea of Yangtze River, Chongqing Publishing House, Chongqing, pp. 1697 - 1703. [in Chinese with English abstract]","Wang, H. F., Hu, S. H. & Yin, S. G. (2000) The oribatid fauna and distribution in different zones in China. In: Yin, W. Y. (Ed.), Soil Animals of China. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 251 - 265.","Wen, Z. G. (1990 a) Preliminary investigation of soil oribatid mites in Jilin Province. Journal of Northeast Normal University, 1990 (Supplement), 115 - 124. [in Chinese]"]}

A checklist of the oribatid mite species reported in Brazil is presented, including all published records up to 2015. A total of 576 described species in 206 genera and 83 families is presented. Information includes the names by which each species was reported in the Brazilian literature, its general known distribution and by Brazilian States, references, and remarks, when needed. As with most countries, there was a slow early accumulation of knowledge but in recent decades the pace of description has been relatively high. A graphical overview of the number of described oribatid mite species from Brazil in different decades is given. The proportion contributed by each of the major oribatid groups is generally similar to that of the overall world fauna, with a composition that reflects the South American fauna and all of the Neotropics in general. There is a relatively low percentage of primitive mites (Palaeosomata, Enarthronota) other than Lohmanniidae and Mesoplophoridae, which are quite diverse. The Brachypylina comprises about 68% of the oribatid mite fauna. In the checklist, 41% of the species are known only from Brazil, 37% from the Neotropical region, 13.5% have a wider distribution in the global tropical and subtropical regions, and 8.5% are considered cosmopolitan or semicosmopolitan species. The number of descriptions of new species since 2000 from Brazil (73 spp.) and South America (230) is high, but the oribatid mite fauna of these countries remains poorly known. Only continued studies can determine if the high number of species known only from Brazil is an indication of high endemism.

Bolger, Thomas (2017): Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) recorded from Ireland: Catalogue, historical records, species habitats and geographical distribution, combinations, variations and synonyms. Zootaxa 4328 (1): 1-174, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4328.1.1

Family Damaeolidae Grandjean, 1965 Fosseremus Grandjean, 1954 �� Fosseremus laciniatus (Berlese, 1905) �� Original name: Dameosona laciniatum Berlese, 1905. �� In: Acari nuovi. Material pel ���Manipulus V���. Redia, 2, 231���238. �� Historical combinations/variations: Damaeolus laciniatus (Berlese) Tarman, 1959. �� Synonyms: Damaeolus pistillifer Berlese, 1913; Damaeolus ornatus Mihelčič, 1956; Fosseremus africanus Balogh, 1958; Damaeolus saltaensis Hammer, 1958; Fosseremus quadripertitus Grandjean, 1965. Irish Reference/s and Habitat/s: Ant nests and agricultural grassland (Arroyo et al. 2015). Counties: Limerick., Published as part of Bolger, Thomas, 2017, Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) recorded from Ireland: Catalogue, historical records, species habitats and geographical distribution, combinations, variations and synonyms, pp. 1-174 in Zootaxa 4328 (1) on page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4328.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1000543, {"references":["Arroyo, J., O'Grady, A., Vance, H. & Bolger, T. (2015) The mite (Acari: Oribatida, Mesostigmata) assemblages associated with Lasius flavus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nests and surrounding soil in an Irish grassland. Biology and Environment Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 115 (1), 1 - 12. https: // doi. org / 10.3318 / bioe. 2015.03"]}

Damaeolus ornatissimus Csiszar, 1962 Distribution in Georgia. Whole country (Murvanidze & Arabuli 2015; Murvanidze & Todria 2015; Murvanidze et al. 2015; Shtanchaeva & Sub��as 2010). Frequent, but low quantities Global distribution. Palaearctic Ecology. All types of habitats, Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka & Mumladze, Levan, 2016, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4089 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257567

Damaeolus asperatus (Berlese, 1904) Distribution in Georgia. W: Bzyb, Musera, Poti, Mtirala National Park, Sataplia Reserve; E: Khashuri, Kazreti* (Murvanidze et al. 2015; Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010) Global distribution. Holarctic Ecology. Forest soils, Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka & Mumladze, Levan, 2016, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4089 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257567

Murvanidze, Maka, Mumladze, Levan (2016): Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites. Zootaxa 4089 (1): 1-81, DOI: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1

Fosseremus laciniatus (Berlese, 1905) Distribution in Georgia. W: Ritsa Reserve, Bzyb, Sataplia Reserve; E: Tbilisi, Algety Reserve, Kazreti (Shtanchaeva & Subías 2010) Global distribution. Cosmopolitan Ecology. Forest soils, Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka & Mumladze, Levan, 2016, Annotated checklist of Georgian oribatid mites, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4089 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4089.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/257567

Akrami, Mohammad Ali (2015): An annotated checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Iran. Zootaxa 3963 (4): 451-501, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3963.4.1

Damaeolus asperatus (Berlese, 1904) Iran localities. Assaluyeh and Lengeh ports (Alikhani et al. 2012). Shiraz (Akrami & Behmanesh 2015). Distribution. Holarctic (Palaearctic: except North, and U.S.A.: Columbia)., Published as part of Akrami, Mohammad Ali, 2015, An annotated checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Iran, pp. 451-501 in Zootaxa 3963 (4) on page 470, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/239832, {"references":["Alikhani, M., Arkani, T. & Hashemzadeh, H. (2012) New records of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Iran. Proceeding of the 20 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, 2012, 479. [Shiraz]"]}

Damaeolus ornatissimus Csiszar, 1962 Iran localities. Noor, Royan road to Firoozkola, after Kodir (Akrami 2006). Azadshahr (Akrami 2007). Shabestar, Shendabad (Mirzaie 2010). Distribution. Southern Palaearctic (Mediterranean and west central Asia)., Published as part of Akrami, Mohammad Ali, 2015, An annotated checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Iran, pp. 451-501 in Zootaxa 3963 (4) on page 470, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/239832

Fosseremus laciniatus (Berlese, 1905) (= Fosseremus quadripertitus (Grandjean, 1965)) (= Fosseremus saltaensis (Hammer, 1958)) Iran localities. Nahavand (Khanjani & Kamali 2000 b). Ramsar, Javaherdeh road (Akrami 2006). Isfahan; Fooladshahr (Akrami 2007). Darab (Mohammadi & Akrami 2007). Soofian; Zenooz (Lotfollahi & Haddad Irani- Nejad 2010). Shabestar, Shendabad (Mirzaie 2010). Heyran and Arasbaran (Gheblealivand et al. 2013). Zanjan (Rajabi et al. 2014). Shiraz (Ebrahimi & Akrami unpublished data). Distribution. Cosmopolitan (except Antarctic)., Published as part of Akrami, Mohammad Ali, 2015, An annotated checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Iran, pp. 451-501 in Zootaxa 3963 (4) on page 470, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/239832, {"references":["Khanjani, M. & Kamali, K. (2000 b) Mites (Acari) associated with beans (Phaseolus volgaris L.) in Hamadan province. Proceeding of the 14 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, 2000, 246. [Isfahan]","Mohammadi Khoramabadi, A. & Akrami, M. A. (2007) Introduction of some oribatid mites of Darab region, Fars province, southern Iran. 4 th African Acarology Symposium, 2007, 6. [Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia]","Gheblealivand, S. S., Haddad Irani-Nejad, K. & Akbari, A. (2013) A new species record of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) for the Iran mite fauna, from Heyran and Arasbaran regions, Iran. In: Joharchi, O. & Saboori, A. (Eds.), the 2 nd International Persian Congress of Acarology. Karaj, pp. 1 - 12. [Iran]"]}

Ebrahimi, Forough, A, Mohammad (2015): Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) associated with pastures of Shiraz township, Fars province, Iran. Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1): 491-503, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5414774, {"references":["AKRAMI M.A. (2007): Introduction of twelve species of brachypyline oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida: Brachypylina), new records for the fauna of Iran. - J. Agric. Sci. Technol. 9: 77-86.","AKRAMI M.A. (2008): A new species of Autognetidae GRANDJEAN, 1960 (Acari: Oribatida) from Iran. - J. Acarol. Soc. Jpn. 17(1): 17-21.","AKRAMI M.A. & S.R. BASTAN (2012): Report of the second genus and species of oribatid mites of the family Zetomotrichidae (Acari, Oribatida) from Iran. - J. Entomol. Soc. Iran 32(2): 131-132. (In Persian, with English abstract)","AKRAMI M.A. & M. BEHMANESH (2013a): A new species of the family Zetomotrichidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Iran. - Persian J. Acarol. 2(1): 1-7.","AKRAMI M.A. & M. BEHMANESH (2013b) Complementary data on Haplozetes fusifer (BERLESE, 1908) (Acari, Oribatida, Haplozetidae) collected from Iran. - Graellsia 69(2): 147-152.","AKRAMI M.A. & L. COETZEE (2007): Mabulatrichus iranicus (Acari: Oribatida: Zetomotrichidae): a new species from Iran. - Syst. Appl. Acarol. 12: 245-252.","AKRAMI M.A. & F. EBRAHIMI (2013a): A new species of the genus Pergalumna from Iran (Acari: Oribatida). - Zool. Middle East 59(2): 168-172.","AKRAMI M.A. & F. EBRAHIMI (2013b): A new species of the genus Baloghiella BULANOVA- ZACHVATKINA, 1966 (Oribatida: Haplozetidae) from Iran. - Syst. Appl. Acarol. 18(4): 396- 400.","AKRAMI M.A. & A. SABOORI (2001): Introduction of three families on oribatid mites, new records to the Acari fauna of Iran. - Iranian J. Agric. Sci. 32: 807-813. (In Persian, with English abstract)","AKRAMI M.A. & A. SABOORI (2004): Report of thirteen species of macropyline oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida), new to the fauna of Iran. - Iran Agric. Res. 23(1): 111-117.","AKRAMI M.A. & A. SABOORI (2012). Acari of Iran (Vol. 2): Oribatid mites. - University of Tehran Press, 281 pp. (In Persian)","AKRAMI M.A.; SABOORI A. & A. ESLAMI (2007): Observations on oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) serving as intermediate host of Moniezia expansa (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) in Iran. - Internat. J. Acarol. 33(4): 365-369.","AKRAMI M.A., SABOORI A., KAMALI K. & A. KHARRAZI- PAKDEL (2008): Twenty six new records of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) for Iran fauna. - J. Entomol. Soc. Iran 28(2): 1-25. (In Persian, with English abstract)","AKRAMI M.A. & L.S. SUBIAS (2007): Oppiid mites (Acari: Oribatida: Oppiidae) from Mazandaran province, with a description of Medioppia bipectinata sp. n. - Syst. Appl. Acarol. 12: 237- 243.","AKRAMI M.A. & L.S. SUBIAS (2008): Two new species of the subfamily Multioppiinae BALOGH, 1983 (Acari: Oribatida: Oppiidae) from Iran. - J. Acarol. Soc. Jpn. 17(2): 93- 99.","AKRAMI M.A. & L.S. SUBIAS (2009): A new species of the family Quadroppiidae and a new subspecies of the family Oppiidae (Acari, Oribatida) from Iran. - J. Acarol. Soc. Jpn. 18 (2): 65-71.","AKRAMI M.A., SUBIAS L.S. & M. BEHMANESH (2011): A new species of Ramusella Hammer, 1962 (Acari, Oppiidae), from Fars province, Iran. - Graellsia 67 (2): 199-203.","AKRAMI M.A., SUBIAS L.S. & A. SABOORI (2009) Serratoppia iranica (Acari: Oppiidae), a new species of oribatid mite from Iran. - Syst. Appl. Acarol. 14: 171-176.","BALOGH J. & S. MAHUNKA (1983): Primitive oribatids of the Palaearctic Region. - Elsevier, New York, 372 pp.","BAYARTOGTOKH B. & M.A. AKRAMI (2000a): Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Iran, with descriptions of two new species. - J. Acarol. Soc. Jpn. 9 (2): 129-145.","BAYARTOGTOKH B. & M.A. AKRAMI (2000b): Poronotic oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida: Poronota) from Iran. - J. Acarol. Soc. 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DAMAEOLIDAE Fosseremus laciniatus 3 2 2 COS XER

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Damaeolidae Grandjean, 1965 Diagnose: PD mit oder ohne Cos; Sub diarthrisch; Che distal verl��ngert, Rutellum breit und flach. 11 ng, Nymphen mit Skalps (eupherederm). Im Gebiet nur durch eine Gattung mit einer Art vertreten: [Fosseremus laciniatus (Berlese, 1905)], Published as part of Weigmann, G. & Miko, L., 2006, Hornmilben (Oribatida) [pages 213 to 260], pp. 213-260 in Hornmilben (Oribatida) [Dahl, Tierwelt Deutschlands, Teil 76], Keltern :Goecke & Evers on page 217

Fosseremus Grandjean, 1954 Typ: Dameosoma laciniatum Berlese, 1905. Diagnose: NG mit gro��en unpaaren Depressionen vorn und hinten, mit paarigen in der Mitte, Skulptur fein netzartig, mit dicker Cerotegumentschicht; ss lang mit Keule, distal mit abgesetztem Teil; PD mit nur schwach ausgepr��gten Cos; 6 g, 3 ag, 1 an, 3 ad; B 1-krallig., Published as part of Weigmann, G. & Miko, L., 2006, Hornmilben (Oribatida) [pages 213 to 260], pp. 213-260 in Hornmilben (Oribatida) [Dahl, Tierwelt Deutschlands, Teil 76], Keltern :Goecke & Evers on page 217

Fosseremus laciniatus (Berlese, 1905) [114a-c] Diagnose: RO vorn breit gerundet; Cos nur schwach angedeutet; in kurz; ss variabel: distal rund bis zugespitzt; K��rperl��nge 210-285 ��m. Syn., Tax.: Dameosoma laciniatum Berlese, 1905. Paoli 1908 (B); Willmann 1931 (B). Fosseremus laciniatus: Grandjean 1954d; Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp 1995 (" Fosseremaeus l. ", lapsus): Nach Typenstudium wurde die Synonymie mit F. quadripertitus festgestellt, die wegen der Sensillus-Variabilit��t von Grandjean bezweifelt worden war. - Fosseremus quadripertitus Grandjean, 1965 (a): als nom. nov. beschrieben f��r " Damaeolus laciniatus (Berlese) " sensu Paoli 1908, nicht Berlese 1905(b). Perez-Inigo 1997 (B). - Damaeolus ornatus Mihelcic, 1956. - Weitere Arten aus verschiedenen Kontinenten sind wohl synonym (vgl. auch Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp 1995, 2004). ��kologie: unklar. Verbreitung: vermutlich weltweit; in Deutschland selten., Published as part of Weigmann, G. & Miko, L., 2006, Hornmilben (Oribatida) [pages 213 to 260], pp. 213-260 in Hornmilben (Oribatida) [Dahl, Tierwelt Deutschlands, Teil 76], Keltern :Goecke & Evers on page 217