Mitopus morio (Fabricius, 1779)

Trilikauskas, Laimonas A. & Azarkina, Galina N., 2021, The harvestmen fauna (Arachnida: Opiliones) of the Katunsky Biosphere Reserve and adjacent territories (South Siberia, Russia), with a description of a new species of Sabacon (Sabaconidae) and notes on Sabacon sergeidedicatum Martens, 1989, Zootaxa 4990 (1), pp. 117-133 : 121-122

Mitopus morio (Fabricius, 1779)

Farzalieva & Esyunin 2000: 186, figs 8–17, 87.

Tchemeris et al. 1999: 194, figs 15–23.

Material examined. RUSSIA: Altai Republic: Ust’-Koksa District: 4 ♂, 2 ♀ ( PCLT), Katunsky Biosphere Reserve, bank of Taimenye Lake near Soloukha River mouth, [49°50’11.6”N, 85°51’07.7”E], 1534 m a.s.l., 7.VIII.2019 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( PCLT), Katunsky Biosphere Reserve , head of the Ozernaya River, shore of Taimenye Lake, near the ranger station, [49°48’40.9–42.9”N,85°47’57.2–57.6”E], 1509 m a.s.l., 10.VIII.2019 ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀ ( PCLT), Katunsky Biosphere Reserve vicinities of Taimenye Lake, middle reaches of Kharyuzovka River, [49°48’53.6”N, 85°47’42.0”E], 1652– 1660 m a.s.l., 11.VIII.2019 ; 6 ♀ ( PCLT), SE shore of Taimenye Lake , [49°48’08.2”N, 85°48’00.5”E], 1551 m a.s.l., 7 – 13.VIII.2019 ; 13 ♂, 5 ♀ ( ISEA O.001.0253) , 11 ♂, 11 ♀ ( PCLT), Katunsky Biosphere Reserve , upper reaches of the Katun’ River, left bank of Zaichikha River, near its mouth, [49°37’08.3”N, 85°43’03.8”E], 1302 m a.s.l., 15– 26.VIII.2020 ; 1 ♂ ( PCLT), Katunsky Biosphere Reserve , 4 km NE of the Zaichikha ranger station, [49°36’25.6”N, 85°44’13.4”E], 1511 m a.s.l., 16.08.2020 .

Habitat. Mesophytic and moist meadows and clearings in birch and mixed forests, sloping mesophytic steppes, in sparse mountain larch forest, as well as agricultural areas ( Tchemeris et al. 1999); blueberry-green moss and grass-green moss spruce forests and spruce woodland, Abies sibirica forest, subalpine grass meadow, thickets of sedge near lakes and streams (in Katunsky Biosphere Reserve).

Distribution. Holarctic ( Tchemeris et al. 1999).