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<emphasis id="96D0EAC2F919333EFF01FCAEFE4FFCE0" bold="true" box="[151,388,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">Mesotritia maerkeli</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="3C9F2A55F919333EFF09FCCBFEE7FC85" box="[159,300,836,862]" captionStart="FIGURES 24 30" captionStartId="11.[151,269,1937,1961]" captionTargetBox="[324,1248,197,1901]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[318,1269,175,1914]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 24 30. Mesotritia maerkeli Sheals, 1965 (specimen from Tibet): 24, lateral view of body (legs removed); 25, prodorsum, dorsal view; 26, left part of ventral plate; 27 28, trochanter, femur, genu and tibia: 27, leg I; 28; leg II; 29 30, femur, genu and tibia: 29, leg III; 30, leg IV. Scale bars = 100 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195386/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">Figs. 2430</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="96D0EAC2F919333EFF01FC01FEA7FC7E" box="[151,364,910,933]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">Mesotritia maerkeli</emphasis>
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, p. 24, figs. 4048;
<bibRefCitation id="C0354B21F919333EFD77FC01FC95FC7E" author="Aoki" box="[737,862,910,933]" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" refString="Aoki, J. (1980) A revision of the oribatid mites of Japan. I. The families Phthiracaridae and Oribotritiidae. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 6 (2), 1 - 89." type="journal article" year="1980">Aoki, 1980</bibRefCitation>
, p. 72;
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, p. 168;
<bibRefCitation id="C0354B21F919333EFAA3FC01FF34FC1E" author="Niedbala" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" refString="Niedbala, W. (2000) The ptyctimous mites fauna of the Oriental and Australian Regions and their centres of origin (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, supplement, 1 - 493." type="book chapter" year="2000">Niedbała, 2000</bibRefCitation>
, p. 92, figs. 209230.
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<emphasis id="96D0EAC2F919333EFF01FC41FEB8FC3E" box="[151,371,974,997]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">Mesotritia flagellata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C0354B21F919333EFEEFFC41FD6CFC3E" author="Bayoumi" box="[377,679,974,997]" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" refString="Bayoumi, B. M. &amp; Mahunka, S. (1979) Ergebnisse der Bhutan-Expedition 1972 des naturhistorischen Museums in Basel, Acari: Oribatida (Part I.). Entomologica Basiliensia, 4, 13 - 30." type="journal article" year="1979">Bayoumi &amp; Mahunka, 1979</bibRefCitation>
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, p. 16, figs. 911;
<bibRefCitation id="C0354B21F919333EFCFAFC41FBD9FC3E" author="Niedbala" box="[876,1042,974,997]" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" refString="Niedbala, W. (2000) The ptyctimous mites fauna of the Oriental and Australian Regions and their centres of origin (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, supplement, 1 - 493." type="book chapter" year="2000">Niedbała, 2000</bibRefCitation>
, p. 92, figs. 209230.
<taxonomicName id="63A44D53F919333EFF01FC61FE14FBDE" ID-CoL="7VTM6" authority="Aoki, 1980" authorityName="Aoki" authorityYear="1980" box="[151,479,1006,1029]" class="Arachnida" family="Oribotritiidae" genus="Mesotritia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spinosa">
<emphasis id="96D0EAC2F919333EFF01FC61FE96FBDE" box="[151,349,1006,1029]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">Mesotritia spinosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C0354B21F919333EFEF2FC61FE14FBDE" author="Aoki" box="[356,479,1006,1029]" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" refString="Aoki, J. (1980) A revision of the oribatid mites of Japan. I. The families Phthiracaridae and Oribotritiidae. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 6 (2), 1 - 89." type="journal article" year="1980">Aoki, 1980</bibRefCitation>
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, p. 72, fig. 27;
<bibRefCitation id="C0354B21F919333EFD16FC61FCEEFBDE" author="Niedbala" box="[640,805,1006,1029]" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" refString="Niedbala, W. (2000) The ptyctimous mites fauna of the Oriental and Australian Regions and their centres of origin (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, supplement, 1 - 493." type="book chapter" year="2000">Niedbała, 2000</bibRefCitation>
, p. 92, figs. 209230.
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<emphasis id="96D0EAC2F919333EFF01FBBCFE46FB96" bold="true" box="[151,397,1075,1101]" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">Material examined:</emphasis>
one adult (in alcohol, D-D6),
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: Tibet, Nyingchi County, Sejila Mt. (
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,
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), west slope, from litter, 29, Sep., 1997, leg. Ru-Mei Xu, Jing Shen and Solhoy.
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Newly recorded from
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.
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Measurements: Specimens (n=1) from Tibet: Prodorsum: length 440, width 340, height 145, setae:
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60,
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190,
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130,
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155,
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50, distance between setae:
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70,
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245,
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230; notogaster: length 850, width 630, height 660; setae:
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90,
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80,
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80,
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65,
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70,
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65,
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70,
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65,
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65,
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55,
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55,
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60,
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60,
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50; distance between setae:
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187,
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206,
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295,
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245; ventral region: genito-aggenital plate 115×230, ano-adanal plate 425×86.
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Prodorsum with one pair of short lateral carinae not reaching bothridia; sensilli short, smooth and spindleshaped; lamellar, interlamellar and rostral setae long, smooth and attenuate; rostral setae located between interlamellar and lamellar setae but nearer to interlamellar setae; exobothridial setae short and fine; comparative length:
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&gt;
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&gt;
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&gt;
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. Notogastral setae fine, attenuate, short (
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/
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=0.48). Genital plates with six pairs of slightly long setae; two pairs of aggenital setae present; anal plates with one pair of anal setae; three pairs of adanal setae present, equally distanced; lyrifissures
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situated anterior to anal setae. Setae
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of mentum considerably longer than distance between them; setation of legs (without tarsi): I: 1-3- 4(2)-5(1); II: 1-3-4(1)-4(1), III: 2-3-2(1)-2(1), IV: 2-3-2-2(1); all legs heterotridactylous.
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<emphasis id="96D0EAC2F919333EFF52F91EFEAFF970" bold="true" box="[196,356,1681,1707]" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="DCB37640F919333EFEFAF91DFE79F977" box="[364,434,1682,1708]" name="China" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">China</collectingCountry>
(Tibet),
<collectingCountry id="DCB37640F919333EFD8EF91DFDBBF977" box="[536,624,1682,1708]" name="Bhutan" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">Bhutan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="DCB37640F919333EFDEDF91DFD0AF977" box="[635,705,1682,1708]" name="Japan" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">Japan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="DCB37640F919333EFD5AF91DFCDEF977" box="[716,789,1682,1708]" name="Nepal" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">Nepal</collectingCountry>
.
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<subSubSection id="ECBE655BF919333EFF52F938FEE9F8BD" pageId="10" pageNumber="49" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="A41B36D0F919333EFF52F938FEE9F8BD" blockId="10.[151,1437,1075,1894]" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="96D0EAC2F919333EFF52F938FEF4F90A" bold="true" box="[196,319,1719,1745]" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">Remarks.</emphasis>
Although the characters of specimen we examined differ from the original description of
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<emphasis id="96D0EAC2F919333EFAEAF937FECBF92D" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">M. maerkeli</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C0354B21F919333EFE9EF953FE68F92D" author="Sheals" box="[264,419,1756,1782]" pageId="10" pageNumber="58" refString="Sheals, J. G. (1965) Primitive cryptostigmatid mites from Rhododendron forests in the Nepal Himalaya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 13 (1), 3 - 35." type="journal article" year="1965">Sheals, 1965</bibRefCitation>
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by the slightly shorter lateral carina, we consider this is just subject to intraspecific variability and identify our specimen as
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<emphasis id="96D0EAC2F919333EFDFAF88DFD32F8C0" box="[620,761,1794,1819]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">M. maerkeli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. We also found the median carina and minute teeth on the surface between bothridia are absent in our specimen, but present in the original description of
<taxonomicName id="63A44D53F919333EFA8EF8A7FED5F8BD" authority="Aoki, 1980" authorityName="Aoki" authorityYear="1980" class="Arachnida" family="Oribotritiidae" genus="Mesotritia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spinosa">
<emphasis id="96D0EAC2F919333EFA8EF8A7FA57F89A" box="[1304,1436,1832,1857]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="49">M. spinosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C0354B21F919333EFF01F8C3FED5F8BD" author="Aoki" box="[151,286,1868,1894]" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" refString="Aoki, J. (1980) A revision of the oribatid mites of Japan. I. The families Phthiracaridae and Oribotritiidae. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 6 (2), 1 - 89." type="journal article" year="1980">Aoki, 1980</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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