Parholaspulus excentricus Petrova, 1967

Kontschan, Jeno, Jeon, Mi Jeong, Hwang, Jeong Mi & Seo, Hong Yul, 2015, New records to the Korean soil dwelling Mesostigmata fauna (Acari), Journal of Species Research 4 (1), pp. 33-44 : 37

Parholaspulus excentricus Petrova, 1967 ( Fig. 2d )

New localities. As659 Republic of Korea, Prov. Jeju, Halla-san National Park , same site moss and soil samples (four different items) were taken from mosses, detritus, litter and upper layers of soil, leg 30.X.1993, leg. Peregovits, L. and Ronkay, L.

Short description. Sternal shield, ventral and genital shields covered by small oval pits which ordered in tilelike sculptural pattern, only a lateral ribbing can be seen on it. Tectum with a long bifurcated central branch.

Previous record from Korean Peninsula. -

Distribution. East-Russia and Korean Peninsula.

Remarks. New for the Korean fauna.

Notes. The found specimen differs from the original description in some characters. It would be necessary to search other specimens to decide that this is a new subspecies or not.

Figures

Fig. 2. Mesostigmatid mites from the Korean Peninsula II (a. ventral view of Parholaspulus bregetovaae. b. ventral view of Parholaspulus paradichaetes. c. ornamentation of sternal shield. d. ventral view of Parholaspulus excentricus. e. ventral view of Neparholaspis arcuatus. f. ventral view of Neparholaspus simplex. g. ventral view of Gamasholapis asiaticus).