Austrotritia saraburiensis Aoki, 1965

Liu, Dong, Chen, Jun & Qiao, Gexia, 2009, Review of Austrotritia (Acari: Oribatida: Oribotritiidae), with descriptions of two new species from China, Zootaxa 2144, pp. 54-64 : 61-63

Austrotritia saraburiensis Aoki, 1965

( Figs. 16–22 )

Austrotritia lebronneci saraburiensis Aoki, 1965 Austrotritia ishigakiensis Aoki, 1980

Austrotritia shealsi Mahunka, 1987

Austrotritia optabilis Niedbała, 1991

Austrotritia saraburiensis: Niedbała, 1998 b, 2000; Niedbała & Corpuz-Raros, 1998.

Material examined: China: Fujian Province, Jiangle County (26°43'42.90"N, 117°28'18.51"E), Longqi Mt.: eight adults (in alcohol), from litter under leaves, Sep., 1990, leg. Hui-Fu Wang; Shejiaping, one adult (in alcohol, W-90-63), from litter, 9 Sep., 1990, leg. Hui-Fu Wang; Shejiaping, one adult (in alcohol, Tu-908), from litter, 24 June, 1991, leg. Xiao-Mei Zhang; Jiangjunding, two adults (in alcohol, W-90-71), from litter under leaves, 16 Sep., 1990, leg. Hui-Fu Wang; one adult (in alcohol, W-90-72), from litter under fern and mixed forest, same data as W-90-71; Lishan, one adult (in alcohol, W-90-73), from litter under yew, 16 Sep., 1990, leg. Hui-Fu Wang; Xianrentang, one adult (in alcohol, W-90-79), from litter under mixed forest, 13 Sep., 1990, leg. Hui-Fu Wang; Shipaifang, one adult (in alcohol, W-90-85), from litter under deadwood and bamboo forest, 20 Sep., 1990, leg. Hui-Fu Wang; Shaxizi, one adult (in alcohol, W-90-87), from litter under mixed forest, 19 Sep., 1990, leg. Hui-Fu Wang; one adult (in alcohol), from litter, 28 May, 1991, leg. Hong Liu; Shangdong, one adult (in alcohol, W-91-11), from litter, 18-20 June, 1991, leg. Hong Liu; three adults (in alcohol, W-91-16), from litter, 24 June, 1991, leg. Xiao-Mei Zhang; Shipaichang, two adults (in alcohol, Tu- 278), from litter, 22 June, 1991, leg. Xiao-Mei Zhang; two adults (in alcohol, Tu-286), from litter under moss, same data as Tu-278; one adult (in alcohol), from litter, 20 May, 1994, leg. Hong Liu. Fujian Province, Wuyi Mt. (27°38'54.78"N, 117°58'48.58"E): Guadun, one adult (in alcohol, Wu-Y-57), from litter under leaves, 6 Aug., 1983, leg. Hui-Fu Wang and Xiao-Mei Zhang; Tianyou, one adult (in alcohol, Wu-Y-74), from litter under leaves, 11 Aug., 1983, leg. Hui-Fu Wang and Xiao-Mei Zhang; Yunwo, four adults (in alcohol, W-89- 48), from litter under fir, 25 Apr., 1989, leg. Hui-Fu Wang; Tianyou, eight adults (in alcohol, W-89-52, W-89- 56), from litter under arbor and bamboo forest, 25 Apr., 1989, leg. Hui-Fu Wang. China: Guangdong Province, Zhaoqing City, Dinghushan National Nature Reserve (23° 9'35.51"N, 112°33'15.05"E): two adults (in alcohol, Gd9407LB5), from litter under broadleaf forest, July, 1994, leg. Chong-Hui Liao; one adult (in alcohol, W-96-4), from litter under mixed forest, Mar., 1996, leg. Jian-Quan Lu; one adult (in alcohol, W-97- 6), from litter under broadleaf forest, 21 Oct., 1997, leg. Jian-Quan Lu; two adults (in alcohol, Gz9407LB5), from litter under broadleaf forest, July, 1994, leg. Chong-Hui Liao. China: Hunan Province, Yizhang County, Mang Mt. (24°58'39.98"N, 112°51'9.49"E): Pingkeng, two adults (in alcohol, W-93-20), from litter, 17 Mar., 1991, leg. Fu-Sheng Huang; one adult (in alcohol, W-93-15), from litter, 19 Mar., 1991, leg. Fu-Sheng Huang.

China: Yunnan Province, Pingbian County (22°59'0.83"N, 103°41'15.41"E): one adult (in alcohol, W-93-26), from litter under Subtropical rain forest, 1600M, 21 Dec., 1992, leg. Ru-Xun Liu and Yan-Gong Xu. China: Anhui Province, Guangde County (30°53'37.62"N, 119°25'1.93"E): two adults (in alcohol, Wan-91-1), from litter, leg. Zong-Ying Wang. Newly recorded from China.

Measurements of adults (specimens from Fujian): prodorsum: length 435–485, width 315–390, height 130–155, sensillus 130, setae: ro 55, in 60, le 65, distance between setae: ro -ro 70, in -in 105, le -le 290, in -le 90, le -ro 255; notogaster: length 775–980, width 570–750, height 580–755; setae: c1 90, c2 80, c3 105, c p 75, d1 85, d2 80, e1 90, e2 90, h1 80, h2 90, h3 85, ps1 90, ps2 90, ps3 85; distance between setae: c1-d1 210, d1-e1 300, e1- h1 225, h1- ps1 200; ventral region: genito-aggenital plate 240×160, anal and adanal plates 480×125.

Prodorsum with two pairs of lateral carinae and one dorsal carina; sensillus setiform, smooth, gradually tapering; interlamellar and rostral setae rough, thick and erect, lamellar seta fine and procumbent, exobothridial seta vestigial. Setae of notogaster short, rough, rigid and curved. Genito-aggenital plates with nine pairs of genital and two pairs of aggenital setae; one pair of anal and three pairs of adanal setae present. Leg chaetotaxy (without tarsi): I: 1-4-5(2)-5(1); II: 1-4-4(1)-3(1), III: 3-2-3(1)-3(1), IV: 3-2-2(1)-3(1).

Distribution. China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Yunnan), Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives Islands, Pacific Islands, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 22. Austrotritia saraburiensis Aoki, 1965 (specimen from Fujian): 16, lateral view of body (legs removed); 17, prodorsum, dorsal view; 18, ventral plate; 19 – 21, trochanter, femur, genu and tibia: 19, leg I; 20, leg II; 21, leg III; 22, leg IV. Scale bars = 200 μm.