Eohypochthonius asiaticus

van der Hammen, L., 1959, Berlese's Primitive Oribatid Mites, Zoologische Verhandelingen 40, pp. 1-93 : 15

Eohypochthonius asiaticus (Berlese, 1910)

Hypochthonius asiaticus Berlese , 1910b, p. 380; Lombardini, 1936, p. 42.

Judging from the original, very short description, the species has a superficial resemblance to " Hypochthoniella pallidula ", although it is slightly more elongate; the notogaster has only one "coupure"; the notogastral hairs are long; the measurements are 0.330 X 0.160 mm. The species was described from "Tjompea", Java; I remark that undoubtedly "Tjompea" is a lapsus for Tjampea (near Bogor, West Java). According to the catalogue 4 slides must be present in the collection 2); slide 110. 199/22 is, however, missing. No. 103/14 bears the label "Tjompea, Giava, tipico". The nos. 141/31, 32 bear the indications "Samarang, Giava", and "Giava" respectively. The last-mentioned slide is the single one that in its present state is more or less suitable for a superficial examination. I observed that the genital covers are divided, and that the notogastral hairs are long, with the exception of e1 and e2 that are probably virtual (the bad condition of the slide did not allow of a definite observation). From this I conclude that the species belongs to the genus Eohypochthonius .

2) The Catalogue of the Berlese Collection consists of several hand-written volumes, in which the generic names occur in alphabetic order. Berlese ornamented the initial letters with coloured pictures of the mites in question; reduced reproductions of two of these letters are given by Melis (1950).