Epicriopsis hungaricus Kandil, 1978

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

Epicriopsis hungaricus Kandil, 1978

Plate 30

Epicriopsis hungarica Kandil, 1978: 168.

Epicriopsis hungarica . - Narita and Moraes 2016: 483.

Type depository.

Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary; Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Moshtohor, Egypt.

Type locality and habitat.

Hungary, Bátorliget, habitat stated.

Comparative material.

Hungary: 3 ♀♀ (HNHM: Meso-1393, Meso-1393, Meso-1394, types) - 21. 4. 1976, Bátorliget, leg. S. Mahunka, H-1513 ; 1 ♀ (HNHM: Meso-1350) - May 1972, Balassagyarmat, leg. S. Mahunka, H-1395 (labelled Epicriopsis baloghi ); 1 ♀ (HNHM: Meso-1392) - Aug. 1969, Dobogókő, leg. S. Mahunka, H-1154.

New material from Slovakia.

Borská Nížina Lowland: 1 ♀ - 25. 4. 2000, Stupava Town , littoral reed stand ( Phragmition ), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 180 m, leg. P. Mašán ; 4 ♀♀ - 27. 6. 2002, Male Levare Village , Stará Morava Arm, hard-wood flood-plain forest ( Fraxino-Ulmetum carpinetosum ), leaf litter and wood detritus, altitude 150 m, leg. P. Mašán ; 1 ♀ - 10. 4. 2004, Tomky Village , Dolná Studená Voda Reservoir, littoral alder forest ( Alnus sp.), wet leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 175 m, leg. P. Mašán. Podunajská Rovina Flatland : 1 ♀ - 17. 5. 1999, Veľké Kosihy Village , littoral reed stand ( Phragmition ), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 120 m, leg. P. Mašán ; 1 ♀ - 19. 5. 2004 Bratislava Capital , Rusovce Settlement, park, growth of plane ( Platanus orientalis ) and lime ( Tilia sp.), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 135 m, leg. P. Mašán ; 1 ♀ - 8. 6. 2006, Bratislava Capital , Rusovce Settlement, park, growth of plane ( Platanus orientalis ), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 135 m, leg. P. Mašán. Považský Inovec Mts. : 2 ♀♀ - 22. 6. 2004, Luka Village , Srnia Dolina Valley, broad-leaved deciduous forest, alluvium of brook, leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 220 m, leg. P. Mašán.

Remarks.

There are seven slides labelled Epicriopsis hungarica in the Budapest Museum Collection, none with type designation. Except for one female from Dobogókő (see comparative material above), all of these specimens belong to the original type series. The same is true for the five available slides labelled Epicriopsis baloghi Kandil, 1978. One of the slides, labelled Meso-1350, bears a female of E. hungaricus , misidentified as E. baloghi .

Figures

Plate 30. Epicriopsis hungaricus, female, dorsal idiosoma.