Ameroseius corniculus Karg, 1971

Masan, Peter, 2017, A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna, ZooKeys 704, pp. 1-228 : 1

Ameroseius corniculus Karg, 1971

Plates 9 , 10

Ameroseius corniculus Karg, 1971a: 233.

Ameroseius corniculus . - Vasilyeva et al. 1976: 25; Bregetova 1977: 163; Karg 1993: 231; Kontschán 2007: 101; Kazemi and Rajaei 2013: 65; Nemati et al. 2013: 19.

Ameroseius (Ameroseius) corniculus . - Hajizadeh et al. 2013a: 150.

Type depository.

Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany.

Type locality and habitat.

Germany, Magdeburg Area, Holtemme (labelled: Mahndorf) at Halberstadt, river bank (labelled: meadow), in humus.

Comparative material.

Germany: 1 ♀ (ZMB: 40091, holotype) - 5. 9. 1963, Mahndorf b. Halberstadt, Wiese a. d. Holt. , 2983 .

Published material from Slovakia.

Cerová Vrchovina Highland: Šiatorská Bukovinka Village, Dolina Bukovinského Potoka Valley ( Fenďa and Mašán 2009).

New material from Slovakia.

Borská Nížina Lowland: 1 ♀ - 26. 8. 1997, Plavecky Stvrtok Village , pine forest ( Pinus sylvestris ), individual collecting under bark, stones and pieces of wood, altitude 170 m, leg. P. Mašán. Burda Hills : 1 ♀ - 9. 11. 1997, Kamenica Nad Hronom Village , Kováčovské Kopce-juh Forest, oak forest ( Quercetum cerris ), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 330 m, leg. P. Mašán. Hronská Pahorkatina Wold : 3 ♀♀ - 12. 11. 2015, Vieska Nad Zitavou Village , Mlyňany Arboretum, deciduous forest, soil with wood detritus, altitude 210 m, leg. P. Mašán. Ipeľská Pahorkatina Wold: 1 ♀ - 25. 5. 2004, Horsa Village , Horšianska Dolina Valley, hornbeam forest ( Carpinion betuli ) with oak ( Quercus sp.) and elm ( Ulmus sp.), leaf litter and decaying plant remnants, altitude 200 m, leg. P. Mašán ; 9 ♀♀ - 13. 11. 2015, Santovka Village , park, growth of horse-chestnut ( Aesculus hippocastanum ), on unidentified wood-destroying fungi, altitude 155 m, leg. P. Mašán. Malé Karpaty Mts. : 1 ♀ - 30. 5. 1991, Bratislava Capital , Železná Studienka Forest, broad-leaved deciduous forest, individual collecting under bark, stones and pieces of wood, altitude 350 m, leg. P. Mašán. Podunajská Rovina Flatland : 1 ♀ - 8. 5. 2004, Bratislava Capital , Čuňovo Settlement, Ostrovné Lúčky Forest, forest steppe, moss and wood detritus, altitude 135 m, leg. P. Mašán ; 10 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂ - 6. 10. 2012, Svaety Jur Town , Šúr Forest, forest steppe with oak ( Quercus sp.), unidentified decaying wood-destroying fungi on oak stem in soil detritus, altitude 130 m, leg. P. Mašán. Považský Inovec Mts. : 6 ♀♀ - 13. 10. 2012, Hradok Village , Hrádocká Dolina Valley, edge of broad-leaved deciduous forest, decaying wood-destroying fungi, altitude 290 m, leg. P. Mašán. Trnavská Pahorkatina Highland : 5 ♀♀, 1 ♂ - 21. 7. 2002, Castkovce Village , park with lime ( Tilia sp.), plane Platanus orientalis , poplar ( Populus sp.) and maple ( Acer sp.), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 180 m, leg. P. Mašán. Veľká Fatra Mts.: 4 ♀♀ - 21. 7. 2004, Liptovske Revuce Village , Veľká Rakytová Dolina Valley, deciduous forest, individual collecting under bark and on wood-destroying fungi, altitude 780 m, leg. P. Mašán ; 1 ♂ - 21. 7. 2004, Liptovske Revuce Village , Veľká Rakytová Dolina Valley, beech forest ( Fagion sylvaticae ), rocky canyon, moss, altitude 780 m, leg. P. Mašán. Vihorlatské Vrchy Hills : 1 ♂ - 7. 9. 2005, Humenne Town , Humenský Sokol Forest, Červená Skala Mt., oak-hornbeam forest ( Querco-Carpinetum ) with cherry ( Cerasus avium ), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 400 m, leg. P. Mašán. Vtáčnik Mts. : 1 ♀ - 4. 11. 2003, Ostry Grun Village , Hlboká Dolina Valley, Pokuty, alluvium of brook with Petasites sp., mixed forest ( Ulmus sp., Fagus sylvatica and Abies alba ), moist soil detritus and moss, altitude 650 m, leg. P. Mašán.

Figures

Plate 9. Ameroseius corniculus, female, dorsal idiosoma.

Plate 10. Ameroseius corniculus, female. A Dorsal idiosoma B Ventral shields C Dorsal idiosoma with legs D Setae j 1 and dentation of vertex.