Eupelops claviger (Berlese, 1916)

Schatz, Heinrich, 2018, Faunistics of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) in dry grassland sites in the Eisack Valley (South Tyrol, Prov. Bolzano, Italy), Soil Organisms 90 (2), pp. 57-70 : 68

Eupelops claviger (Berlese, 1916) (Fam.

Phenopelopidae ): Taxonomic remark: This species is very similar to Eupelops acromios (Hermann, 1804) . The assignment of the specimen from Säben to E. claviger was based on the close-by position of the notogastral setae lp / h3, distally broadened rostral setae, and setae h1 and p1 longer than p2 and p3 ( Mahunka 1992). Body length 740 µm. General distribution: Italy: Prov. Sondrio (type locality), Switzerland: Grisons, Southeast Europe, southern and eastern Palaearctic; preferably in woody habitats, also in moss. First record for South Tyrol. Eisack valley: Säben, single record in submediterranean shrub forest in dry moss.