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<emphasis id="B902EADED15AFFB111A5F8C14B53F808" bold="true" box="[151,546,1914,1940]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Metabelba (Pateribelba) sphagni</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15AFFB111A5F87A4863F844" bold="true" box="[151,274,1985,2008]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Synonymy:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15AFFB1102AF87A48AAF84B" box="[280,475,1985,2007]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Metabelba sphagni</emphasis>
: 
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; 
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. 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15AFFB1122DF87A4A8CF84B" box="[799,1021,1985,2007]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Metabelba lanceolata</emphasis>
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van der 
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(
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documented in our 
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).
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB011A5FF2C4860FF2C" bold="true" box="[151,273,151,176]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Two pairs of centrodorsal tubercles (
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) present, well developed, 
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hidden under anterior margin of notogaster in dorsal view; postbothridial (
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, 
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) and lateral (
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) tubercles absent. Parastigmatic apophyses (
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) of equal length, conical, pointed with convergent tips. Sensillus (
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) long with flagellate tip; covered with minute barbs in distal 1/2, flagellate tip virtually smooth. Interlamellar seta (
<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB012E0FEBE4A99FE80" box="[978,1000,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">in</emphasis>
) almost as long as sensillus, thin with flagellate tip, covered with minute barbs in distal part. Notogastral setae inserted on minute protuberances, 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB01465FE934CE5FEDC" box="[1367,1428,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">c1-c2</emphasis>
, 
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and 
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strong, erect, spiniform, directed in radial pattern, smooth, darkly pigmented with hyaline base; 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB0144AFEF749C2FE14" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">c2- h2</emphasis>
shorter than mutual distance between the insertions of the two respective setae in pair. Discidium well developed, spiniform, straight, directed laterad. Cerotegument with long filamentous excrescences. Adults often carrying gastronotic exuviae (scalps).
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material examined.
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Collection of Karl Strenzke, Senckenberg Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, 
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: 
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(
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14439) and 2 
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(
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14441), individually mounted in 3 permanent mounts labelled as &quot; 
<taxonomicName id="4C764D4FD15BFFB011F1FD9F4B20FDA0" authority="Holstein 1949" authorityName="Holstein" authorityYear="1949" box="[195,593,548,572]" class="Arachnida" family="Damaeidae" genus="Metabelba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sphagni">
<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB011F1FD9F48ECFDA0" box="[195,413,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Metabelba sphagni</emphasis>
, Holstein 1949
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, Nr 902&quot;. All three individuals are females mounted dorsal side upwards with legs stretched, and are cleared and undamaged, allowing detailed study. One of the 
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has gastronotic exuviae on notogaster. The ventral side could not be studied in detail because of the relatively thick slide.
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Collection of Leendert van der Hammen, Naturalis National Museum of Natural History Leiden, 
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: permanent slide with 
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labelled as “ 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB013EFFD0F4ABAFD50" box="[733,971,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Metabella lanceolata</emphasis>
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v.d. Hammen 
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. l ad. Faure., Lattrop Bergvennen 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB010C8FD634B01FD6C" box="[506,624,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Sphagnum</emphasis>
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monster A09.” Habitat data from van der 
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: A19. 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB011A5FD4748E4FC88" box="[151,405,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Sphagnum cuspidatum</emphasis>
Ehr.
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB01331FD474A6EFC88" box="[515,799,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Sphagnum magellanicum</emphasis>
Brid.
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from the border of the pool.The specimen (male?) is crushed, strongly damaged and cleared, the tarsi and tibiae of all legs and many of notogastral setae are missing.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB011F5FCFF4B67FCC0" bold="true" box="[199,534,835,860]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Further material examined.</emphasis>
Collection of Leendert van der Hammen, National Museum of Natural History Leiden, 
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: permanent slide with 1 crushed specimen (female) with remains of gastronotic exuviae on notogaster, labelled as “ 
<taxonomicName id="4C764D4FD15BFFB01096FC374A72FC38" authority="Strenzke" authorityName="Strenzke" box="[420,771,908,932]" class="Arachnida" family="Damaeidae" genus="Metabella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sphagni">
<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB01096FC374B64FC38" box="[420,533,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Metabella</emphasis>
cf. 
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Strenzke
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l Ad. Faure., Markelo (Twente) 
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Vochtige heide leg. L. v.d. Hammen monster A16”.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB011F7FC684B5EFC70" bold="true" box="[197,559,979,1004]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Collection of Miroslav Kunst</emphasis>
, Dept. of Zoology, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Science, 
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: 
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(female) mounted in permanent slide, 
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unmounted, preserved in alcohol, labelled as &quot; 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB011F6FBA64812FBA8" box="[196,355,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">M. lanceolata</emphasis>
, M. Tisý
</taxonomicName>
, 
<date id="FFC8100CD15BFFB010EDFBA74B34FBA8" box="[479,581,1052,1076]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1958-08-27">27. 8. 58</date>
&quot;. Details of the locality and habitat from 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD15BFFB01502FBA64DBCFBA8" author="Kunst" box="[1072,1229,1052,1076]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" refString="Kunst, M. (1959) Roztoci skupiny Oribatei z reservace ' Velky a Maly Tisy' - Ochrana p r irody, 14, 33 - 42 (in Czech)." type="journal article" year="1959">Kunst (1959)</bibRefCitation>
: moist 
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meadow. 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD15BFFB01030FBFA48E7FBC4" author="Kunst" box="[258,406,1088,1112]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" refString="Kunst, M. (1959) Roztoci skupiny Oribatei z reservace ' Velky a Maly Tisy' - Ochrana p r irody, 14, 33 - 42 (in Czech)." type="journal article" year="1959">Kunst (1959)</bibRefCitation>
originally identified specimens from this locality as 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB012D7FBFA4D12FBC4" box="[997,1123,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">M. sphagni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD15BFFB01543FBFA4C77FBC4" author="Kunst" box="[1137,1286,1088,1112]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" refString="Kunst M. (1968) Rozto c i nad r adu Oribatei C eskoslovenska. Unpubl. habilitation thesis. Deposited in the Zoological library of the Faculty of Science, Charles University Prague, 1355 pp. (in Czech)." type="book" year="1968">Kunst (1968)</bibRefCitation>
reindentified them as 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB011C6FBDE48FEFBE0" box="[244,399,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">M. lanceolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. We confirmed the identity with 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB01230FBDE4AF1FBE0" box="[770,896,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">M. sphagni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
through comparison with the 
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series.
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB011F7FB3C4BF2FB3C" bold="true" box="[197,643,1159,1184]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Private collection of Gerd Weigmann</emphasis>
, Berlin, 
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: 
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and 
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, Hochmoor &quot;Hechtdiebel&quot; 2.5 km north of Glambeck, near Eberswalde, Brandenburg, 
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD15BFFB0123DFB174A09FB58" box="[783,888,1196,1220]" name="Germany" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Germany</collectingCountry>
, 
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, 
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, floating 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB0142DFB174CE4FB58" box="[1311,1429,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Sphagnum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<date id="FFC8100CD15BFFB011A5FB6A487AFB74" box="[151,267,1232,1257]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1991-05">May 1991</date>
, leg. Christine Kehl.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC936CCD15BFFB011F7FB4F4C2CF90B" blockId="27.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB011F7FB4F4B74FA90" bold="true" box="[197,517,1267,1292]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Freshly collected material:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD15BFFB0133EFB4F4BB3FA90" box="[524,706,1268,1292]" name="Czech Republic" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Czech Republic</collectingCountry>
, south 
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, Třeboňsko Protected Landscape Area, peat bog Ruda, in the vicinity of the field station of Dept. of Zoology, Charles University Prague, about 
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south of Veselí nad Lužnicí 
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, 
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, about 
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a. s. l., wet meadow with 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB012DEFA874D13FAC8" box="[1004,1122,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Sphagnum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 
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, 
<date id="FFC8100CD15BFFB01425FA874CE9FAC8" box="[1303,1432,1340,1364]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="2009-04-12">12. 4. 2009</date>
, 
<specimenCount id="9D70FD45D15BFFB011A5FAE44866FAEB" box="[151,279,1375,1399]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
<date id="FFC8100CD15BFFB01012FAE448D3FAEB" box="[288,418,1375,1400]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="2009-07-12">12. 7. 2009</date>
; 
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, 
<date id="FFC8100CD15BFFB0136AFAE44BAAFAEB" box="[600,731,1375,1399]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="2009-09-11">11. 9. 2009</date>
; 
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, 
<date id="FFC8100CD15BFFB012A3FAE44D64FAEB" box="[913,1045,1375,1399]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="2010-03-27">27. 3. 2010</date>
, all leg. Jitka Vilímová. All specimens unmounted, preserved in 80% ethanol or pure glycerine. From this material voucher specimens will be deposited the following museum collections: 
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in Soil Zoology Collection of Hungarian Natural History Museum; 
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in Acarological Collections of Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz (
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD15BFFB01410FA774CE1FA78" box="[1314,1424,1484,1508]" name="Germany" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Germany</collectingCountry>
), 
<specimenCount id="9D70FD45D15BFFB011A5FA544851F99B" box="[151,288,1519,1543]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="generic">5 specimens</specimenCount>
in National Museum of Natural History Naturalis, Leiden (
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD15BFFB01289FA544D03F99B" box="[955,1138,1519,1543]" name="Netherlands" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">the Netherlands</collectingCountry>
), 
<specimenCount id="9D70FD45D15BFFB015B7FA544C7FF99B" box="[1157,1294,1519,1543]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="generic">5 specimens</specimenCount>
in Arachnological Collections in Zoological department of National Museum in Prague (
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD15BFFB012C7F9AF4DDFF9B0" box="[1013,1198,1556,1580]" name="Czech Republic" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Czech Republic</collectingCountry>
), 
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in the collection of J. Mourek, Dept. of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University Prague (
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD15BFFB015E3F98C4CE1F9D3" box="[1233,1424,1591,1615]" name="Czech Republic" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Czech Republic</collectingCountry>
); 
<specimenCount id="9D70FD45D15BFFB011A5F9E74850F9E8" box="[151,289,1628,1652]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="generic">5 specimens</specimenCount>
in private collection of L. Miko; 
<specimenCount id="9D70FD45D15BFFB013AEF9E74A57F9E8" box="[668,806,1628,1652]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="generic">5 specimens</specimenCount>
in collection of F. Bernini, Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Siena (
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD15BFFB010D4F9C44B6EF90B" box="[486,543,1663,1687]" name="Italy" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Italy</collectingCountry>
); 
<specimenCount id="9D70FD45D15BFFB01300F9C44BCCF90B" box="[562,701,1663,1687]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="generic">5 specimens</specimenCount>
in private collection of Gerd Weigmann, Berlin (
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD15BFFB015D1F9C44C23F90B" box="[1251,1362,1663,1687]" name="Germany" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Germany</collectingCountry>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36C6547D15BFF8911F5F9184BB3FEA3" lastPageId="34" lastPageNumber="35" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="description">
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB011F5F91848BDF920" bold="true" box="[199,460,1699,1724]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Redescription (adult).</emphasis>
<figureCitation id="134D2A49D15BFFB010E1F91F4B2BF920" box="[467,602,1700,1724]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 17" captionStart-1="FIGURE 18" captionStart-2="FIGURE 19" captionStart-3="FIGURE 20" captionStart-4="FIGURE 21" captionStart-5="FIGURE 22" captionStartId-0="28.[151,250,1659,1682]" captionStartId-1="29.[151,250,1979,2002]" captionStartId-2="30.[151,250,1810,1833]" captionStartId-3="31.[151,250,1485,1508]" captionStartId-4="32.[151,250,1658,1681]" captionStartId-5="33.[151,250,1583,1606]" captionTargetBox-0="[159,1419,292,1658]" captionTargetBox-1="[174,1398,456,1946]" captionTargetBox-2="[151,1411,203,1781]" captionTargetBox-3="[201,1402,189,1434]" captionTargetBox-4="[190,1398,364,1628]" captionTargetBox-5="[151,1436,193,1560]" captionTargetId-0="figure@28.[151,1436,253,1684]" captionTargetId-1="figure@29.[151,1436,409,1958]" captionTargetId-2="figure@30.[151,1436,193,1789]" captionTargetId-3="figure@31.[151,1436,165,1471]" captionTargetId-4="figure@32.[165,1429,327,1641]" captionTargetId-5="figure@33.[151,1436,193,1562]" captionTargetPageId-0="28" captionTargetPageId-1="29" captionTargetPageId-2="30" captionTargetPageId-3="31" captionTargetPageId-4="32" captionTargetPageId-5="33" captionText-0="FIGURE 17. Metabelba sphagni — holotype, dorsal view. Short arrow points to light spots adjacent to setae la and lp. Legs only partly drawn, leg setae and cerotegument not drawn." captionText-1="FIGURE 18. Metabelba sphagni. A—paratype, prodorsum in dorsal view B—specimen from Ruda, South Bohemia, ventral view. Legs only partly drawn, leg setae and cerotegument not drawn." captionText-2="FIGURE 19. Metabelba sphagni — specimen from Ruda, South Bohemia, ventral view. Legs only partly drawn, leg setae and cerotegument not drawn." captionText-3="FIGURE 20. Metabelba sphagni — specimen from Ruda, South Bohemia, leg I and II. A—leg I, antiaxial view; B—leg II, antiaxial view. Cerotegument not drawn." captionText-4="FIGURE 21. Metabelba sphagni — leg III and IV and details of some notogastral setae. Specimen from Ruda, South Bohemia (A, B), holotype (C); specimen from Velký Tisý South Bohemia, coll. of M. Kunst (D), labelled as &quot; Metabelba lanceolata &quot;. A—leg III, antiaxial view; B—leg II, antiaxial view. C, D—details of notogastral setae h 1 — h 3 from both sides of the body of a given specimen mounted in permanent slide, relative distance between setae not maintained. Cerotegument not drawn." captionText-5="FIGURE 22. Metabelba sphagni — light micrographs, Nomarski DIC. A—holotype, dorsal view; B—paratype, proximal segments of leg II and III with cerotegument; C—paratype with gastronotic exuvia, anterodorsal view; D—paratype—detail of gastronotic exuviae, arrow points to cornicle k of deutonymphal exuvium." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/279167/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/279168/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/279169/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/279170/files/figure.png" httpUri-4="https://zenodo.org/record/279171/files/figure.png" httpUri-5="https://zenodo.org/record/279172/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Figs. 17–22</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB011F5F9724822F97C" box="[199,339,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Dimensions.</emphasis>
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(female): ventral length 448 μm, maximum notogastral width 296 μm; 
<typeStatus id="54CD886ED15BFFB01409F9734CEDF97C" box="[1339,1436,1736,1760]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
(female): ventral length 448 μm, total notogastral width 300 μm. The mounted 
<typeStatus id="54CD886ED15BFFB01521F9564D32F899" box="[1043,1091,1773,1797]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">type</typeStatus>
specimens measured in dorsal view. Specimens from South 
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: ventral length 416–448 (434) μm, maximum notogastral width 280–304 (293) μm; n= 5. Detailed measurements of legs in Table 1.
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15BFFB011F5F8E2483DF8EC" box="[199,332,1881,1904]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Integument.</emphasis>
Body colour of fresh specimens usually medium brown, mounted 
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and 
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pale yellowish (probably cleared for study by Strenzke or vanished in the medium). Cerotegument with &quot;wool-like&quot; filamentous excrescences; excrescences dense and comparatively short on legs (
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B), anogenital area and anterior part of coxisternum, long and loose on prodorsum, sejugal area and around notogastral setae. Underlying cuticle mostly smooth, but faintly granular on apophyses. Gastronotic exuviae (scalps) often present on notogaster of adult. Muscle insertions (sigillae) distinct in 
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and freshly collected fully sclerotized specimens, but hardly visible in 
<typeStatus id="54CD886ED15CFFB71037FF5B4805FF64" box="[261,372,224,248]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15CFFB711A5F9C04850F90D" bold="true" box="[151,289,1659,1682]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">FIGURE 17.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15CFFB71018F9C7489FF90E" box="[298,494,1660,1682]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Metabelba sphagni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—holotype, dorsal view. Short arrow points to light spots adjacent to setae 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15CFFB715CDF9C74C62F90E" box="[1279,1299,1660,1682]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">la</emphasis>
and 
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. Legs only partly drawn, leg setae and cerotegument not drawn.
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<paragraph id="8BC936CCD15CFFB611F5F9634BEFFEF8" blockId="28.[151,1436,1752,2028]" lastBlockId="29.[151,1436,151,356]" lastPageId="29" lastPageNumber="30" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="B902EADED15CFFB711F5F963483DF96C" box="[199,332,1752,1776]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Prodorsum.</emphasis>
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, 
<figureCitation id="134D2A49D15CFFB7109DF96348BAF96C" box="[431,459,1752,1776]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="29.[151,250,1979,2002]" captionTargetBox="[174,1398,456,1946]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[151,1436,409,1958]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE 18. Metabelba sphagni. A—paratype, prodorsum in dorsal view B—specimen from Ruda, South Bohemia, ventral view. Legs only partly drawn, leg setae and cerotegument not drawn." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/279168/files/figure.png" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">18</figureCitation>
A. Prodorsum of roughly triangular shape, maximum width behind bothridia, about 0.7 of maximum notogastral width. Rostrum blunt with weakly defined nose-like protuberance on dorsal side, separated from rest of prodorsum by a paired shallow lateral indentation. Prodorsum broadened in dorsal aspect by a pair of distinct swellings at level of acetabula I. Apophysis 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15CFFB71206F8FE4A34F8C0" box="[820,837,1861,1884]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">P</emphasis>
absent. Two pairs of centrodorsal tubercles (
<emphasis id="B902EADED15CFFB71472F8FE4CE3F8C0" box="[1344,1426,1861,1884]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Da, Dp</emphasis>
) present, well developed, 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15CFFB7109CF8D248A1F81C" box="[430,464,1897,1920]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Dp</emphasis>
hidden under anterior margin of notogaster in dorsal view; postbothridial (
<emphasis id="B902EADED15CFFB71425F8D24C12F81C" box="[1303,1379,1897,1920]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Ba, Bp</emphasis>
) and lateral (
<emphasis id="B902EADED15CFFB711DDF836487DF838" box="[239,268,1933,1956]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">La</emphasis>
) tubercles absent. Parastigmatic apophyses (
<emphasis id="B902EADED15CFFB7123DF8364A26F838" box="[783,855,1933,1956]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Sa, Sp</emphasis>
) of equal length, conical, pointed with convergent tips, only partly visible in dorsal view. Rostral (
<emphasis id="B902EADED15CFFB713E3F80A4B99F854" box="[721,744,1969,1992]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">ro</emphasis>
) and lamellar (
<emphasis id="B902EADED15CFFB71290F80B4AC7F854" box="[930,950,1968,1992]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">le</emphasis>
) setae comparatively long and strong, of approximately equal length. Seta 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15CFFB7133FF86E4B55F870" box="[525,548,2005,2028]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">ro</emphasis>
slightly thinner than 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15CFFB71226F86F4A59F870" box="[788,808,2004,2028]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">le</emphasis>
, virtually smooth; inserted distinctly ventrolaterad from insertion of 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15DFFB6102FFF234840FF2C" box="[285,305,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">le</emphasis>
, insertion of 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15DFFB610F4FF2248ACFF2C" box="[454,477,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">ro</emphasis>
not visible in dorsal view. Seta 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15DFFB61273FF234A24FF2C" box="[833,853,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">le</emphasis>
with a few minute barbs on outer curvature. Interlamellar seta (
<emphasis id="B902EADED15DFFB61013FF064846FF48" box="[289,311,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">in</emphasis>
) arising on minute apophysis, almost as long as sensillus, thin with flagellate tip, covered with minute barbs in distal half, flagellate tip virtually smooth. Exobothridial seta (
<emphasis id="B902EADED15DFFB612CBFF5A4D60FF64" box="[1017,1041,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">ex</emphasis>
) comparatively long, thin, curved anteromediad, covered with a few indistinct minute barbs on outer curvature. Sensillus (
<emphasis id="B902EADED15DFFB61548FEBE4DE1FE80" box="[1146,1168,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">ss</emphasis>
) long with short flagellate tip, sparsely covered with minute barbs in distal part. Bothridial funnel with slightly irregular rim, more developed on posterolateral side, normal for family.
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15DFFB611A5F8004850F84C" bold="true" box="[151,289,1979,2002]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">FIGURE 18.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15DFFB6101AF800489CF84D" box="[296,493,1979,2001]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Metabelba sphagni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. A—paratype, prodorsum in dorsal view B—specimen from Ruda, South Bohemia, ventral view. Legs only partly drawn, leg setae and cerotegument not drawn.
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15EFFB511A5F8A94851F8B4" bold="true" box="[151,288,1810,1833]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">FIGURE 19.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15EFFB51015F8A9489BF8B4" box="[295,490,1810,1832]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Metabelba sphagni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—specimen from Ruda, South Bohemia, ventral view. Legs only partly drawn, leg setae and cerotegument not drawn.
</paragraph>
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Pair of distinct elongated fields of concentrated sigillae (muscle insertions) present between acetabula I and reaching anterior margin of bothridia; unpaired medial field of sigillae located between bothridia; pair of small sigillar fields located at anterior base of 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15EFFB5130AF8064B2BF848" box="[568,602,1981,2004]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Da</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB411A5FA76486EFA7F" bold="true" box="[151,287,1485,1508]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">FIGURE 20.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB41016FA754896FA78" box="[292,487,1486,1508]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Metabelba sphagni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—specimen from Ruda, South Bohemia, leg I and II. A—leg I, antiaxial view; B—leg II, antiaxial view. Cerotegument not drawn.
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<paragraph id="8BC936CCD15FFFB411F5F99048CEF86E" blockId="31.[151,1437,1578,2034]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB411F5F9904839F9DE" box="[199,328,1579,1602]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Notogaster.</emphasis>
<figureCitation id="134D2A49D15FFFB41062F99148DFF9DE" box="[336,430,1578,1602]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="28.[151,250,1659,1682]" captionTargetBox="[159,1419,292,1658]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,253,1684]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 17. Metabelba sphagni — holotype, dorsal view. Short arrow points to light spots adjacent to setae la and lp. Legs only partly drawn, leg setae and cerotegument not drawn." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/279167/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Figs. 17</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="134D2A49D15FFFB4108EF99148A8F9DE" box="[444,473,1578,1602]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="29.[151,250,1979,2002]" captionTargetBox="[174,1398,456,1946]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[151,1436,409,1958]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE 18. Metabelba sphagni. A—paratype, prodorsum in dorsal view B—specimen from Ruda, South Bohemia, ventral view. Legs only partly drawn, leg setae and cerotegument not drawn." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/279168/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">18</figureCitation>
B. Notogaster of broadly ovoid outline in dorsal view, hemispherical in lateral view. Broadest part of notogaster positioned slightly behind half of notogaster, anterior margin of notogaster covering dorsosejugal area in dorsal view. Notogastral setae of series 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB41201F9C94A03F916" box="[819,882,1650,1674]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">c1-c2</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB4124DF9C94AC5F916" box="[895,948,1650,1674]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">la -lp</emphasis>
and 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB412DBF9C94D5BF916" box="[1001,1066,1650,1674]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">h1-h3</emphasis>
strong, erect, spiniform, directed in radial pattern; smooth, darkly pigmented with hyaline base; setae 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB412A5F92D4AA6F932" box="[919,983,1686,1710]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">c2-h2</emphasis>
shorter than mutual distances in respective setal pairs. Mutual distance between insertions of 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB41223F9014A5BF94E" box="[785,810,1722,1746]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">c1</emphasis>
smaller than half mutual distance of insertions of 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB41448F9014CE4F94E" box="[1402,1429,1722,1746]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">c2</emphasis>
. Setae 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB411E8F9654840F96A" box="[218,305,1758,1782]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">ps1-ps3</emphasis>
comparatively long, thin, virtually smooth with attenuate tips, directed dorsolaterad, 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB415D5F9654C7FF96A" box="[1255,1294,1758,1782]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">ps1</emphasis>
≅ 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB41418F9654C20F96A" box="[1322,1361,1758,1782]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">ps2</emphasis>
&gt; 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB4145CF9654CE4F96A" box="[1390,1429,1758,1782]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">ps3</emphasis>
. Circumgastric row of muscle sigillae (insertions of dorsoventral muscles) distinct, present laterally from setae 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB4144AF8B949C2F8A2" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">c2- h3</emphasis>
; groups of distinct sigillae present between insertions of setae 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB41242F89D4AFBF8A2" box="[880,906,1830,1854]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">c2</emphasis>
and posteromedially from seta 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB415D9F89D4C76F8A2" box="[1259,1287,1830,1854]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">h1</emphasis>
. Pair of minute light spots present slightly posteromedial to insertions of setae 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB412B0F8F14AE9F8FE" box="[898,920,1866,1890]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">la</emphasis>
; smaller and less distinct pair of spots present medial from insertions of 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB4108FF8D548A8F81A" box="[445,473,1902,1926]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">h3</emphasis>
. Normal set of five lyrifissures (
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB4127CF8D44A15F81A" box="[846,868,1903,1926]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">ia</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB41241F8D44AFEF81A" box="[883,911,1903,1926]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">im</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB412ACF8D54AC5F81A" box="[926,948,1902,1926]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">ih</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB412F1F8D44AA8F81A" box="[963,985,1903,1926]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">ip</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB412D5F8D44D79F81A" box="[999,1032,1903,1926]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">ips</emphasis>
) and opening of opisthonotal gland (
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB41192F82949B5F836" box="[160,196,1938,1962]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">gla</emphasis>
) present on lateral part of notogaster. Notogaster often with gastronotic exuviae (scalps) arranged in pyramidal shape, but never with a compact mass of dirt. Cornicle 
<emphasis id="B902EADED15FFFB41232F80D4A7DF852" box="[768,780,1974,1998]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">k</emphasis>
of nymphal gastronotic exuviae comparatively long, more or less straight (
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D).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC936CCD160FF8B11F5FF234D78FEA3" blockId="32.[151,1436,151,319]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B11F5FF23482FFF2C" box="[199,350,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
<taxonomicName id="4C764D4FD160FF8B11F5FF23482BFF2C" box="[199,346,152,176]" class="Secernentea" family="Gnathostomatidae" genus="Gnathosoma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Nematoda" rank="genus">Gnathosoma</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
<figureCitation id="134D2A49D160FF8B1055FF2C48C2FF33" box="[359,435,151,175]" captionStart="FIGURE 19" captionStartId="30.[151,250,1810,1833]" captionTargetBox="[151,1411,203,1781]" captionTargetId="figure@30.[151,1436,193,1789]" captionTargetPageId="30" captionText="FIGURE 19. Metabelba sphagni — specimen from Ruda, South Bohemia, ventral view. Legs only partly drawn, leg setae and cerotegument not drawn." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/279169/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Fig.19</figureCitation>
. Subcapitulum normal for family: diarthric, with three pairs of thin and comparatively long setae (
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B102AFF06485DFF48" box="[280,300,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">m</emphasis>
&gt; 
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B1079FF074828FF48" box="[331,345,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">h</emphasis>
&gt; 
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B1045FF0648F4FF48" box="[375,389,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">a</emphasis>
) and two pairs of setiform processes (
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B1200FF074A1FFF48" box="[818,878,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">or1,2</emphasis>
). Setae 
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B12F8FF064A8BFF48" box="[970,1018,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">m, h</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B153AFF064D67FF48" box="[1032,1046,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">a</emphasis>
covered with few minute barbs on outer curvature. Chelicera in shape and relative size typical of family, cheliceral seta 
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B157AFF5B4D01FF64" box="[1096,1136,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">cha</emphasis>
with row of short barbs on outer (dorsal) curvature, seta 
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B10EFFEBF4B77FE80" box="[477,518,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">chb</emphasis>
with short barbs in distal third. Setation of chelicera not discernable, setal formula of pedipalp (from trochanter to tarsus, solenidion in parenthesis): 0-2-1-3-9(1).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BC936CCD160FF8B11A5F9C14C39F970" blockId="32.[151,1436,1658,1772]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B11A5F9C14851F90C" bold="true" box="[151,288,1658,1681]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">FIGURE 21.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C764D4FD160FF8B1014F9C1489BF90C" box="[294,490,1658,1680]" class="Arachnida" family="Damaeidae" genus="Metabelba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sphagni">
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B1014F9C1489BF90C" box="[294,490,1658,1680]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Metabelba sphagni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—leg III and IV and details of some notogastral setae. Specimen from Ruda, South Bohemia (A, B), holotype (C); specimen from Velký Tisý South Bohemia, coll. of M. Kunst (D), labelled as &quot; 
<taxonomicName id="4C764D4FD160FF8B159EF9224CFAF933" box="[1196,1419,1689,1711]" class="Arachnida" family="Damaeidae" genus="Metabelba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lanceolata">
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B159EF9224CFAF933" box="[1196,1419,1689,1711]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Metabelba lanceolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot;. A—leg III, antiaxial view; B—leg II, antiaxial view. C, D—details of notogastral setae 
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B153AF9034D24F952" box="[1032,1109,1720,1742]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">h1—h3</emphasis>
from both sides of the body of a given specimen mounted in permanent slide, relative distance between setae not maintained. Cerotegument not drawn.
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<paragraph id="8BC936CCD160FF8B11F5F8AF4A5AF87C" blockId="32.[151,1436,1812,2016]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B11F5F8AF48F4F8B0" box="[199,389,1812,1836]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Epimeral region.</emphasis>
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. Medial pit 
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B1353F8AE4B0DF8B0" box="[609,636,1813,1836]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">cp</emphasis>
on coxisternum I not developed. Anterior tectum of podocephalic fossa extending laterally slightly under trochanter I, suture of podocephalic fossa almost perpendicular to body axis, without a tooth-like projection. Propodoventral (
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B138EF8E74B99F8E8" box="[700,744,1884,1908]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">E2a</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B13CAF8E74A55F8E8" box="[760,804,1884,1908]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">E2p</emphasis>
) and ventrosejugal (
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B153DF8E64D59F8E8" box="[1039,1064,1885,1908]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Va</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B1508F8E64D28F8E8" box="[1082,1113,1885,1908]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Vp</emphasis>
) enantiophyses absent. Ventrosejugal furrow complete, body distinctly narrowed between acetabula II and III. Epimeral setal formula (I to IV): 3-1-3-4, normal for 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED160FF8B1080F81F4B5BF820" box="[434,554,1956,1980]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Metabelba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Muscle sigillae on epimeres distinct in most of studied specimens. Epimeral setae comparatively long, smooth, thin, with attenuate tips.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED161FF8A11A5F9944851F9D9" bold="true" box="[151,288,1583,1606]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">FIGURE 22.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED161FF8A1015F994489AF9D9" box="[295,491,1583,1605]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Metabelba sphagni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—light micrographs, Nomarski DIC. A—holotype, dorsal view; B—paratype, proximal segments of leg II and III with cerotegument; C—paratype with gastronotic exuvia, anterodorsal view; D—paratype—detail of gastronotic exuviae, arrow points to cornicle 
<emphasis id="B902EADED161FF8A1352F9D64B1AF91F" box="[608,619,1645,1667]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">k</emphasis>
of deutonymphal exuvium.
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<emphasis id="B902EADED161FF8A11F5F91448E3F95B" box="[199,402,1711,1735]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Anogenital region</emphasis>
. 
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. Discidium (
<emphasis id="B902EADED161FF8A13B7F9144BEBF95B" box="[645,666,1711,1735]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">di</emphasis>
) well developed, spiniform, pointed, straight, directed laterad. Setal formula of anogenital region normal for the 
<taxonomicName id="4C764D4FD161FF8A13A6F9684A63F977" box="[660,786,1747,1771]" class="Arachnida" family="Damaeidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Damaeidae</taxonomicName>
(
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD161FF8A12D8F96F4DFCF977" author="Norton" box="[1002,1165,1747,1771]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" refString="Norton, R. A. (1977 b) The genus Damaeus Koch (Acarina: Oribatei) in the United States. Acarologia, 19, 331 - 353." type="journal article" year="1977" yearSuffix="b">Norton 1977b</bibRefCitation>
); genital 
<emphasis id="B902EADED161FF8A15CAF96E4C77F970" box="[1272,1286,1749,1772]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">g</emphasis>
: 6; aggenital 
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: 1; anal 
<emphasis id="B902EADED161FF8A1010F943484FF893" box="[290,318,1784,1807]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">an</emphasis>
: 2; adanal 
<emphasis id="B902EADED161FF8A10F5F94C4892F893" box="[455,483,1783,1807]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">ad</emphasis>
: 3; all setae comparatively long, thin with pointed attenuate tips. Lyrifissure 
<emphasis id="B902EADED161FF8A144AF94C4CEDF893" box="[1400,1436,1783,1807]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">iad</emphasis>
oblique, divergent posteriad.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED161FF8A11F5F8FB4872F8CB" box="[199,259,1856,1879]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Legs.</emphasis>
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, 
<figureCitation id="134D2A49D161FF8A104AF88448E5F8CB" box="[376,404,1855,1879]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="32.[151,250,1658,1681]" captionTargetBox="[190,1398,364,1628]" captionTargetId="figure@32.[165,1429,327,1641]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURE 21. Metabelba sphagni — leg III and IV and details of some notogastral setae. Specimen from Ruda, South Bohemia (A, B), holotype (C); specimen from Velký Tisý South Bohemia, coll. of M. Kunst (D), labelled as &quot; Metabelba lanceolata &quot;. A—leg III, antiaxial view; B—leg II, antiaxial view. C, D—details of notogastral setae h 1 — h 3 from both sides of the body of a given specimen mounted in permanent slide, relative distance between setae not maintained. Cerotegument not drawn." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/279171/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">21</figureCitation>
AB. Legs monodactyl, moderately long, segments distinctly swollen in distal part. Leg IV slightly longer than body, leg I and III as long as or slightly shorter than body, leg II distinctly shorter than body (detailed measurements in Table 1). Leg setae normal for family, comparatively long and thin, pointed; most covered with minute barbs on outer curvatures. Dorsal seta (
<emphasis id="B902EADED161FF8A1219F8174A48F858" box="[811,825,1964,1988]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">d</emphasis>
) on femora strong, roughened with distinct barbs on outer curvatures. Leg setal formula identical with those of 
<taxonomicName id="4C764D4FD161FF8A1216F8744DCCF87B" authority="Strenzke, 1953" authorityName="Strenzke" authorityYear="1953" box="[804,1213,1999,2023]" class="Arachnida" family="Damaeidae" genus="Metabelba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverosa">
<emphasis id="B902EADED161FF8A1216F8744D7EF87B" box="[804,1039,1999,2023]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Metabelba pulverosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD161FF8A1524F8744DCCF87B" author="Strenzke" box="[1046,1213,1999,2023]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" refString="Hammen, L. van der &amp; Strenzke, K. (1953) A partial revision of the genus Metabelba Grandjean (Oribatei, Acari). Zoologische Mededelingen, 32 (14), 141 - 154." type="journal article" year="1953">Strenzke, 1953</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(see 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD161FF8A15CAF86B4CE5F87B" author="Norton" box="[1272,1428,1999,2023]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" refString="Norton, R. A. (1977 a) A review of J. Grandjean's system of leg chaetotaxy in the Oribatei and its application to Damaeidae. In: Dindal, D. L. (Ed.), Biology of oribatid mites, 33, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York, 33 - 62." type="journal article" year="1977" yearSuffix="a">Norton 1977a</bibRefCitation>
) and 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED162FF8911F4FF224828FF2C" box="[198,345,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">M. denscanis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED162FF891052FF2348EFFF2C" bold="true" box="[352,414,152,176]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(see above). Solenidia ω 
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on tarsus I moderately long, tactile; φ 
<emphasis id="B902EADED162FF8915B0FF234DE1FF2C" box="[1154,1168,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">1</emphasis>
on tibia I and φ on tibia IV very long, tactile; ω 
<emphasis id="B902EADED162FF8910ABFF0748CAFF48" box="[409,443,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">1,2</emphasis>
on tarsus II moderately long, setiform; φ 
<emphasis id="B902EADED162FF8912B7FF074AE2FF48" box="[901,915,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">1</emphasis>
on tibia I about 3.5x longer than φ 
<emphasis id="B902EADED162FF891427FF074C52FF48" box="[1301,1315,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">2</emphasis>
; φ on tibia IV slightly less than 
<date id="FFC8100CD162FF8910B3FF6448ECFF6B" box="[385,413,223,247]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">2x</date>
longer than tibia itself. Solenidion φ slightly shorter than respective setae 
<emphasis id="B902EADED162FF8915D4FF5B4D85FF64" box="[1254,1268,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">d</emphasis>
on tibia II and slightly longer than respective setae 
<emphasis id="B902EADED162FF891306FEBF4B33FE80" box="[564,578,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">d</emphasis>
on tibia III. Solenidion σ as long as respective setae 
<emphasis id="B902EADED162FF8915AFFEBF4DDAFE80" box="[1181,1195,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">d</emphasis>
on genu I and II and slightly shorter than respective seta 
<emphasis id="B902EADED162FF89131BFE934B46FEDC" box="[553,567,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">d</emphasis>
on genu III.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED162FF8911A5F8E1486EF8EC" bold="true" box="[151,287,1882,1905]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">FIGURE 23.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED162FF891017F8E04896F8ED" box="[293,487,1883,1905]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Metabelba sphagni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—specimen from collection of L. van der Hammen labelled as &quot;holotype of 
<emphasis id="B902EADED162FF8915D8F8E049A4F80C" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<taxonomicName id="4C764D4FD162FF8915D8F8E049BFF80C" class="Arachnida" family="Damaeidae" genus="Metabelba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lanceolata">Metabelba lanceolata</taxonomicName>
&quot;
</emphasis>
(junior synonym), light micrographs, Nomarski DIC. A—dorsal view in total; B—detail of some notogastral setae; Cdetail of centrodorsal tubercles (
<emphasis id="B902EADED162FF8910ECF821488CF833" box="[478,509,1946,1967]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Da</emphasis>
, 
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) on prodorsum; D—detail of sensillus and insertions of anterior notogastral setae.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C36C6547D163FF8811F5FF2C4DE6FD5A" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BC936CCD163FF8811F5FF2C4C02FEA3" blockId="35.[151,1437,151,2029]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF8811F5FF2C4BD8FF2C" bold="true" box="[199,681,151,176]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Geographical distribution and ecology.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF881387FF234AE2FF2C" box="[693,915,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Metabelba sphagni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is hitherto known from northern 
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: Schleswig-Holstein (
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF8810B0FF074B59FF48" author="Strenzke" box="[386,552,188,212]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Strenzke, K. (1950) Die Belbiden Holsteins (Acarina: Oribatei) Schriften des Naturwissenschaflichen Vereins fur Schleswig- Holstein (Kiel), 24 (2), 63 - 65." type="journal article" year="1950">Strenzke 1950</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF881307FF074BA9FF48" author="Strenzke" box="[565,728,188,212]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Strenzke, K. (1952) Untersuchungen uber die Tiergemeinschaften des Bodens: Die Oribatiden und ihre Synusien in den Boden Norddeutschlands. Zoologica, Stuttgart, 104, 1 - 173." type="journal article" year="1952">Strenzke 1952</bibRefCitation>
) and Brandenburg (
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF881288FF074D4CFF48" author="Kehl" box="[954,1085,188,212]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Kehl, C. (1997) Die Hornmilbenzonosen (Acari, Oribatida) unterschiedlich stark degradierter Moorstandorte in Berlin und Brandenburg. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwurde des Fachbereichs Biologie der Freien Universitat Berlin, 264 pp." type="book" year="1997">Kehl, 1997</bibRefCitation>
); 
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD163FF881560FF074C75FF48" box="[1106,1284,188,212]" name="Netherlands" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">the Netherlands</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF881426FF0749A2FF6B" author="Siepel" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Siepel, H., Zaitsev, A. &amp; Berg, M. (2009) Checklist of the oribatid mites of the Netherlands (Acari: Oribatida). Nederlandse faunistische mededelingen, 30, 83 - 111." type="journal article" year="2009">
Siepel 
<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF881451FF064CEDFF48" box="[1379,1436,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">et al.</emphasis>
2009
</bibRefCitation>
; unpublished record by van der Hammen — see our Material examined); 
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD163FF881528FF644DA0FF6B" box="[1050,1233,223,247]" name="Czech Republic" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Czech Republic</collectingCountry>
: Central 
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD163FF881405FF644CEDFF6B" box="[1335,1436,223,247]" name="Czech Republic" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Bohemia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF8811ACFEBF4854FE80" author="Kunst" box="[158,293,260,284]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Kunst, M. (1959) Roztoci skupiny Oribatei z reservace ' Velky a Maly Tisy' - Ochrana p r irody, 14, 33 - 42 (in Czech)." type="journal article" year="1959">Kunst 1959</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF881002FEBF481AFE80" author="Kunst" box="[304,363,260,284]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Kunst, M. (1962) Anoribatella n. g., a new genus of Oribatid Mites from Central Europe. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica, 1962, 89 - 98." type="journal article" year="1962">1962</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF881045FEBF4B73FE80" author="Stary" box="[375,514,260,284]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Stary, J. (2000 a) List of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Bohemia, Czech Republic. Sbornik P r irodov e dneho klubu v Uherskem Hradisti, 5, 129 - 154. [in Czech]" type="journal article" year="2000" yearSuffix="a">Starý 2000a</bibRefCitation>
); 
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD163FF881327FEBF4B1DFE80" box="[533,620,260,284]" name="Austria" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Austria</collectingCountry>
: Tyrol (
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF8813F3FEBF4A49FE80" author="Jahn" box="[705,824,260,284]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Jahn, E. (1967) Ergebnisse bodenfaunistischer Untersuchungen an verschiedenen Larchenstandorten Tirols. Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck, 55, 59 - 79." type="journal article" year="1967">Jahn 1967</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF881271FEBF4AA0FE80" author="Schatz" box="[835,977,260,284]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Schatz, H. (1983) U. - Ordn. Oribatei, Hornmilben. Catalogus faunae Austriae. Ein systematisches Verzeichnis aller auf osterreichischem Gebiet festgestellten Tierarten, 9, Osterreichische Akadademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 118 pp." type="book" year="1983">Schatz 1983</bibRefCitation>
); 
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD163FF8812D7FEBF4D1EFE80" box="[997,1135,260,284]" name="Switzerland" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Switzerland</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD163FF88154BFEBF4DCBFE80" box="[1145,1210,260,284]" name="Switzerland" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Swiss</collectingCountry>
Jura Mts. (
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF88140AFEBF49A2FEA3" author="Borcard" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Borcard, D. (1992) Les Oribates des tourbieres du Jura Suisse (Acari, Oribatei). Faunistique III. Nanhermannoidea, Hermannoidea, Belboidea, Cepheoidea, Liacaroidea. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 65, 81 - 93." type="journal article" year="1992">Borcard, 1992</bibRefCitation>
); 
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD163FF8811D5FE9C484EFEA3" box="[231,319,295,319]" name="Sweden" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Sweden</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF88107FFE9C4B3DFEA3" author="Tarras-Wahlberg" box="[333,588,295,319]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Tarras-Wahlberg, N. (1961) The Oribatei of a central Swedish bog and their Environment. Oikos, Suppl., 4, 1 - 56." type="journal article" year="1961">Tarras-Wahlberg 1961</bibRefCitation>
; Lundquist 1987) and 
<collectingCountry id="F361765CD163FF88127AFE9C4AE6FEA3" box="[840,919,295,319]" name="Russia" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Russia</collectingCountry>
: Kola Peninsula (Krivoluckij 
<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF8815D6FE924C6CFEDC" box="[1252,1309,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">et al.</emphasis>
, 1995).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC936CCD163FF8811F7FEF748C8FDC0" blockId="35.[151,1437,151,2029]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
The species seems to be comparatively rare and has been reported almost exclusively from 
<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF8815F5FEF74C23FEF8" box="[1223,1362,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Sphagnetum</emphasis>
—peat bogs or moist meadows with predominating 
<taxonomicName id="4C764D4FD163FF8813BEFED44A73FE1B" box="[652,770,367,391]" class="Sphagnopsida" family="Sphagnaceae" genus="Sphagnum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sphagnales" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Bryophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF8813BEFED44A73FE1B" box="[652,770,367,391]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Sphagnum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
mosses—in relatively low altitudes above sea level (
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF881464FED44870FE36" author="Strenzke" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Strenzke, K. (1950) Die Belbiden Holsteins (Acarina: Oribatei) Schriften des Naturwissenschaflichen Vereins fur Schleswig- Holstein (Kiel), 24 (2), 63 - 65." type="journal article" year="1950">Strenzke 1950</bibRefCitation>
; 
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, 
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF8810D4FE294B95FE36" author="Tarras-Wahlberg" box="[486,740,402,426]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Tarras-Wahlberg, N. (1961) The Oribatei of a central Swedish bog and their Environment. Oikos, Suppl., 4, 1 - 56." type="journal article" year="1961">Tarras-Wahlberg 1961</bibRefCitation>
; Lundquist 1987; 
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). The recent findings from Ruda in South 
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and other specimens examined from museum collections (see Material examined) are from the same 
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of habitat. Similarily, 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF88133AFE604BD5FE6E" box="[520,676,474,498]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. lanceolata</emphasis>
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, junior synonym of 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF8812BEFE604D7AFE6E" box="[908,1035,474,498]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. sphagni</emphasis>
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was collected in wet 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF881430FE614C09FE6E" box="[1282,1400,474,498]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Sphagnum</emphasis>
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on the border of a pool in 
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(van der 
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). In contrast, 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF8812C3FE464D07FD89" author="Jahn" box="[1009,1142,509,533]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Jahn, E. (1967) Ergebnisse bodenfaunistischer Untersuchungen an verschiedenen Larchenstandorten Tirols. Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck, 55, 59 - 79." type="journal article" year="1967">Jahn (1967)</bibRefCitation>
reported 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF8815D3FE454C2EFD89" box="[1249,1375,509,533]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. sphagni</emphasis>
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from a larch forest (
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF881009FD9948A9FDA5" box="[315,472,545,569]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Larix decidua</emphasis>
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) in the altitude about 
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a.s.l. and 
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reported it from a peat-bog in the altitude 
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a. s. l.
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Most authors found only a few individuals of 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF8813E1FDD24A22FD1C" box="[723,851,616,640]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. sphagni</emphasis>
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and the abundant population found in the peat bog Ruda in South 
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(see our Material examined) seems to be an exception. It is possible that the rarity of records of 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF88103CFD0B48FCFD5A" box="[270,397,686,711]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. sphagni</emphasis>
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is caused by the fact that this 
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of habitat has been poorly studied.
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</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF8811F5FD69484AFD76" bold="true" box="[199,315,722,746]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF881071FD694B6AFD76" box="[323,539,722,746]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Metabelba sphagni</emphasis>
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is distinguished from other species of the subgenus mainly by the combination of two characters—presence of two pairs of well-developed centrodorsal tubercles (
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, 
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) and strong, almost straight and smooth spiniform notogastral setae, shorter than their mutual distance, which are inserted on distinct protuberances. In 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF881053FC854886FCC9" box="[353,503,829,853]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. glabriseta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, known from 
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, two pairs of centrodorsal tubercles are also present, but the species has relatively longer notogastral setae. Moreover, it is considerably bigger in size and posterior ventrosejugal tubercle (
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) is present. 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF8810ECFC3F4B0AFC07" box="[478,635,899,923]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. platynotus</emphasis>
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is another species with two pairs of centrodorsal tubercles, but it has very short notogastral setae and conical notogaster with flattened anterior part.
</paragraph>
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The possibility that 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF881098FC714BD3FC7E" box="[426,674,970,994]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Metabelba lanceolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, van der 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF881222FC704AB3FC7E" author="Hammen" box="[784,962,970,994]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Hammen, L. van der (1952) The Oribatei (Acari) of the Netherlands (Acari). - Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 17, 1 - 139." type="journal article" year="1952">Hammen, 1952</bibRefCitation>
, may be a junior synonym of 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF88142CFC704CEDFC7E" box="[1310,1436,970,994]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. sphagni</emphasis>
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was suggested by 
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. 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF8810CCFC554BE5FB9A" author="Subias" box="[510,660,1006,1030]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Subias, L. (2008, 2009, 2011) Listado sistematico, sinonimico y biogeografico de los Acaros Oribatidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (Excepto fosiles). 540 pp. The last version is available from: http: // www. ucm. es / info / zoo / Artropodos / Catalogo. pdf [last changes in February 2011; cited 24. 8. 2011]" type="book" year="2008">Subías (2008</bibRefCitation>
, 2009) stated the synonymy of both species as a fact, without providing a reference, probably influenced by 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF881353FBAA4B84FBB5" author="Miko" box="[609,757,1041,1065]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Miko, L. (2006) Damaeidae. In: Weigmann, G.: Hornmilben (Oribatida), Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 76, Goecke &amp; Evers Publ., 179 - 207." type="journal article" year="2006">Miko (2006)</bibRefCitation>
. In this study we compared 
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specimens of both species and substantiated the synonymy, based on the following analysis:
</paragraph>
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1. The original description of 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF88132CFBE24BCDFBEC" box="[542,700,1112,1136]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. lanceolata</emphasis>
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is brief and incomplete, based on a single crushed and strongly damaged individual (van der 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF8810D4FBC74BE9FB0F" author="Hammen" box="[486,664,1147,1171]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Hammen, L. van der (1952) The Oribatei (Acari) of the Netherlands (Acari). - Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 17, 1 - 139." type="journal article" year="1952">Hammen, 1952</bibRefCitation>
; see also our Material examined and 
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): tarsi and tibiae of all legs were missing, so that the presence of setae 
<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF88139AFB244BC7FB2B" box="[680,694,1183,1207]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">d</emphasis>
on tibiae II and III could not be studied, therefore the author noted that the generic position of the species was uncertain. Moreover, many of notogastral setae were missing. Van der 
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illustrated the specimen with strongly obovate notogaster strongly narrowing posteriad, which is very unusual in 
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. We conclude that this was an incorrect and misleading reconstruction of the shape of the crushed specimen in permanent slide.
</paragraph>
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2. The main difference of 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF8810C4FAEA4BE5FAF4" box="[502,660,1360,1384]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. lanceolata</emphasis>
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from 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF8813ECFAEA4A2FFAF4" box="[734,862,1360,1384]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. sphagni</emphasis>
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should be the broadened—“lanceolate”- shape of notogastral setae (van der 
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) and this character was adopted in diagnostic keys by subsequent authors (van der 
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF881308FA234BCEFA33" author="Kunst" box="[570,703,1431,1455]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Kunst, M. (1961) Bulgarische Oribatiden IV. (Acari: Oribatei). Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica, 8, 151 - 183." type="journal article" year="1961">Kunst 1961</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE74B3DD163FF8813F9FA2C4D7CFA33" author="Bulanova-Zachvatkina" box="[715,1037,1431,1455]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" refString="Bulanova-Zachvatkina, E. M. (1975) Nadsemejstvo Belboidea Dubinin, 1954 (= Damaeoidea Balogh, 1961). In: Gilijarov, M. S. &amp; Krivolutskij, D. A. (Eds): Opredelitel obitaiustschich v potschve kljeschtschei. Nauka, Moskva. pp. 120 - 143 (in Russian)." type="book chapter" year="1975">Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1975</bibRefCitation>
). However, from the careful examination of the 
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of 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF88108EFA074B2BFA4F" box="[444,602,1467,1491]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. lanceolata</emphasis>
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, we conclude that the “lanceolate”- shape of notogastral setae is only an artefact, caused probably by intensive maceration of the specimen and subsequent strong compression of the setae by the cover glass in permanent slide. From our 
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B is evident, that in the seemingly &quot;lanceolate&quot; setae 
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, 
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, 
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and 
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the surface layer is detached from the core of the seta and flattened by the compression. In contrast, seta 
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has normal appearance as in 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF8810CEF9F14B0AF9FD" box="[508,635,1609,1633]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. sphagni</emphasis>
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.
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The thickness of notogastral setae in 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF881344F9D64B86F918" box="[630,759,1644,1668]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. sphagni</emphasis>
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is slightly variable, some specimens from South 
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having somewhat thicker setae than the 
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series (
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CD). However, the “impression of thickness” of the setae depends also on the position of a given specimen during the observation — the setae appear to be thicker in dorsolateral view than in exactly dorsal position — as we demonstrate on 
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CD.
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3. 
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found also the length ratio between trochanter and femur IV to be a distinguishing character between 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF8811C9F89A4808F8A4" box="[251,377,1824,1848]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. sphagni</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF88109CF89A4B38F8A4" box="[430,585,1824,1848]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. lanceolata</emphasis>
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, the former species having trochanter IV shorter than femur IV and the contrary in the latter species. His assumption was not based on the study of 
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or topotypical material of either species, but on comparison of specimens from South 
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identified as 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF8812F6F8D24D2EF81C" box="[964,1119,1896,1920]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. lanceolata</emphasis>
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with original description by 
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. However, we could not confirm this difference; all available specimens from the 
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series of 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF88144FF8364981F854" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. sphagni</emphasis>
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had trochanter IV slightly longer than femur IV, in the 
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of 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF88153CF80A4DDDF854" box="[1038,1196,1968,1992]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. lanceolata</emphasis>
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both segments were equally long and the ratio slightly varied among the material of 
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<emphasis id="B902EADED163FF88126CF86E4AADF870" box="[862,988,2004,2028]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. sphagni</emphasis>
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from South 
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(see Table 1). The two species therefore cannot be distinguished according to the length ratio of trochanter IV and femur IV. It is possible, that 
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measured the given leg segments in a different way. The synonymy is supported by the fact that both species have been found in wet habitats, particularly peat bogs in lowland (
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, van der 
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, 
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).
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