Review of the European genera of Eviphididae (Acari: Mesostigmata) and the species occurring in Slovakia 2585
Author
Mašán, Peter
Author
Halliday, Bruce
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Zootaxa
2010
2010-08-31
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Rafaphis microsternalis
Skorupski & Błaszak
(
Figs 38, 39
,
135, 136
)
Rafaphis microsternalis
Skorupski & Błaszak, 1997: 136
.
Amendments to diagnosis (female).
Dorsal idiosoma
. Dorsal shield 496 µm long, 339 µm wide. Vertical setae j1 23–26 µm long.
FIGURES 135–136.
Rafaphis microsternalis
, female. 135, Dorsal idiosoma; 136, Ventral idiosoma. Scale: 100 µm.
Ventral idiosoma
. Sternal shield 76 µm long, 41 µm wide, epigynal shield 101 µm long, 63 µm wide, anal shield 63 µm long, 113 µm wide.
Remarks.
Only
two specimens
of this species have been collected, both females from the Carpathian Mountains in
Poland
and
Slovakia
. This rare species has been described by
Skorupski & Błaszak (1997)
based only on the
holotype
found in the Pieniny Mts., Western Carpathians, in South
Poland
, from moss on limestone. The Slovakian female was found in a sample of leaf litter and wood detritus taken from virgin beech forest in the Eastern Carpathians. It was originally misidentified as
Crassicheles concentricus
. It appears to be an edaphic associate of litter and soil substrates.
Occurrence in
Slovakia
.
Revised
published data.
Bukovské Vrchy Hills
:
1 ♀
,
21 September 1998
, Kalná Roztoka, Havešová [6999] (published as
Crassicheles concentricus
by
Fenďa & Mašán 2003
)
.