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Genus
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEEFFF3AFD48FCAFE13F8BD" bold="true" box="[237,385,1767,1793]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="484">Protoribates</emphasis>
Berlese, 1908
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species:
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEEFFF3AE128E02FE5CF8F9" box="[299,462,1839,1861]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="484">Oribata dentata</emphasis>
Berlese, 1883: 1
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.
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEEFFF3AFAE8E5CFE98F836" bold="true" box="[151,266,1905,1930]" pageId="1" pageNumber="484">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Oripodoidea with pteromorphs subtriangular, hinged, movable, and associated with large muscle insertions on notogaster in region of Aa; discidium present as tectum, needle- to blade-like custodium usually present. Sensillus usually reclinate with sublanceolate head, rarely setiform or with erect club-like head. Lamella narrow; sublamella vestigial; prolamella absent; tutorium usually present as ridge; pedotecta III small, not visible in dorsal view. Notogaster with octotaxic system composed of porose areas with distinct ring-like rims (in transmitted light), 10 pairs of short to vestigial notogastral setae. Epimeral setation 3-1-3-3; 5 pairs of genital setae; one pair of aggenital setae; 3 pairs of adanal setae. Chelicerae robust, chelate-dentate; palpal solenidion and eupathidium
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form double-horn on short to long apophysis. Tarsi usually monodactyl, less commonly heterotridactyl, rarely bidactyl.
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. The genus
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AEE88861FDCCFED8" box="[465,606,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Protoribates</emphasis>
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has had a long and confusing history and finding derived characters supporting this genus is difficult.
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Grandjean (1936, 1954) pointed out, the genera of
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seem best separated from other Oripodoidea by the desclerotization of the base of the pteromorph (partial in some species) to form a hinge and the development of a tectum near the insertion of legs IV, the discidium, which usually has a well developed cusp or custodium. The hinged pteromorphs can be pulled against the legs by a cluster of enlarged muscles inserted on the notogaster in the region of porose area Aa. Although possibly shared with the
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(and apparently convergent with Galumnoidea and some Ceratozetoidea), the movable pteromorphs serve to separate
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from other Oripodoidea. The discidium, although again apparently convergent with some distantly related groups (e.g.
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), provides another derived character to support the
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. Both
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and
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AD618BBDFD76FD14" box="[600,740,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Protoribates</emphasis>
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share these characters states along with several characters of less clear polarity, e.g. usually 5 pairs of genital setae and 10 pairs of notogastral setae in the adult. The genus
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AFAE8BF5FE86FD4C" box="[151,276,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Haplozetes</emphasis>
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is differentiated from
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AD2E8BF5FD36FD4C" box="[535,676,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Protoribates</emphasis>
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by having the octotaxic system composed of invaginated saccules rather than flattened porose areas. Species of
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AD918BD1FCBBFCA8" box="[680,809,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Peloribates</emphasis>
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are similarly sacculate, but have 1314 pairs of welldeveloped notogastral setae. Species of
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AD5C8A0CFD77FC84" box="[613,741,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Rostrozetes</emphasis>
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are similar, but have tubules instead of saccules and 1011 pairs of notogastral setae.
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Pérez-Iñigo (1992), mistakenly believing that
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was an invalid name, proposed a new genus,
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AFAE8AA1FEA1FC18" box="[151,307,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Transoribates</emphasis>
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, with
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AE428AA1FDD4FC18" box="[379,582,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Protoribates latus</emphasis>
Mihelčič, 1965
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, as the
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species. This mite has movable pteromorphs, a discidium and notogastral porose areas, but also a sensillus with a short stalk and elongate, spiny club; four pairs of genital setae and a “nose-like” process on the rostrum. Except for the reduction in the number of genital setae and the clubbed sensillus,
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AEA18AD4FE7FFBAC" box="[408,493,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">T. latus</emphasis>
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resembles
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AD488AD5FD6FFBAC" box="[625,765,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Protoribates</emphasis>
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. The sensillus in the
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often has a long stem, reflexed over the notogaster (i.e. reclinate) that may be setiform or end in a sublanceolate to fusiform head of varying lengths, e.g. many species of
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AD728D6DFD55FBE4" box="[587,711,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Haplozetes</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0ADEE8D6DFCF6FBE4" box="[727,868,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Protoribates</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0ACA68D6DFBB2FBE4" box="[927,1056,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Peloribates</emphasis>
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. However, other species in these genera, e.g.
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AE108D49FD9DFBC0" box="[297,527,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Peloribates juniperi</emphasis>
(Ewing, 1913)
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,
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0ADEC8D49FC4CFBC0" box="[725,990,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Haplozetes cancellatus</emphasis>
Beck, 1964
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, and
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AB8F8D49FEEEFB23" authority="Bayartogtokh, 2000" authorityName="Bayartogtokh" authorityYear="2000" class="Arachnida" family="Haplozetidae" genus="Haplozetes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavatus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AB8F8D49FA0EFBC0" box="[1206,1436,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Haplozetes clavatus</emphasis>
Bayartogtokh, 2000
</taxonomicName>
, have a short, clubbed sensillus and
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AC098DA5FB40FB23" authority="Beck, 1964" authorityName="Beck" authorityYear="1964" box="[816,1234,1159,1184]" class="Arachnida" family="Haplozetidae" genus="Haplozetes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="triungulatus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AC098DA5FBD2FB1C" box="[816,1088,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Haplozetes triungulatus</emphasis>
Beck, 1964
</taxonomicName>
, has a seemingly intermediate sensillus with a short stem with an elongate, barbed head. The sensillus is also highly variable in species of
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AE348DFCFE1FFB54" box="[269,397,1233,1256]" class="Arachnida" family="Haplozetidae" genus="Rostrozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AE348DFCFE1FFB54" box="[269,397,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Rostrozetes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, including several with short-stemmed clubs (Beck 1965). Below we describe a new species with the diagnostic characters of
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AD298DD9FD0EFAB0" box="[528,668,1268,1292]" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AD298DD9FD0EFAB0" box="[528,668,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Protoribates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but with a sensillus that has a short stem and obovate club. We do not attribute the new species to
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AD378C35FD38FA8C" box="[526,682,1304,1328]" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Transoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AD378C35FD38FA8C" box="[526,682,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Transoribates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because unlike that genus it has 5 pairs of genital setae and the difference in the form of the sensillus is within the normal range seen in other genera of
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AB4D8C11FA99FAE8" box="[1140,1291,1340,1364]" class="Arachnida" family="Haplozetidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Haplozetidae</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5C11AC18FFEDFFF0AFF08C4DFDFAF9EC" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">
Depending on the definition used,
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AD6D8C4DFD73FAC4" box="[596,737,1376,1400]" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AD6D8C4DFD73FAC4" box="[596,737,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Protoribates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
currently contains up to 60 described species with an overall semi-cosmopolitan distribution (Subías 2004). Weigmann
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AC148CA8FCF5FA20" box="[813,871,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">et al.</emphasis>
(1993) redescribed the
<typeStatus id="831512BAFFEDFFF0AB4E8CA8FB35FA21" box="[1143,1191,1413,1437]" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">type</typeStatus>
species of the genus,
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AFAE8C85FD9CFA7C" authority="Berlese, 1883" authorityName="Berlese" authorityYear="1883" box="[151,526,1448,1472]" class="Arachnida" family="Oribatulidae" genus="Oribates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dentatus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AFAE8C85FEF1FA7C" box="[151,355,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Oribates dentatus</emphasis>
Berlese, 1883
</taxonomicName>
; considered
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AD988C85FC0CFA7C" authority="Jacot, 1929" authorityName="Jacot" authorityYear="1929" box="[673,926,1448,1472]" class="Arachnida" family="Haplozetidae" genus="Xylobates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AD988C85FC9DFA7C" box="[673,783,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Xylobates</emphasis>
Jacot, 1929
</taxonomicName>
a junior synonym; and redefined the genus based on four species:
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AEA68CE0FD8EFA58" box="[415,540,1484,1508]" class="Arachnida" family="Oribatulidae" genus="Oribates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dentatus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AEA68CE0FD8EFA58" box="[415,540,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">P. dentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AD158CE0FCF6FA58" authority="Berlese, 1908" authorityName="Berlese" authorityYear="1908" box="[556,868,1484,1508]" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="capucinus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AD158CE0FD2EFA58" box="[556,700,1485,1508]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">P. capucinus</emphasis>
Berlese, 1908
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AC4B8CE0FB4AFA58" authority="Berlese, 1904" authorityName="Berlese" authorityYear="1904" box="[882,1240,1484,1508]" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lophotrichus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AC4B8CE0FB8CFA58" box="[882,1054,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">P. lophotrichus</emphasis>
(Berlese, 1904)
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AA2E8CE0FEAFF9B4" authority="Ewing, 1909" authorityName="Ewing" authorityYear="1909" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oblongus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AA2E8CE0FA0EFA58" box="[1303,1436,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">P. oblongus</emphasis>
(Ewing, 1909)
</taxonomicName>
. The diagnosis herein largely follows their concept, but allows for an erect, as well as a reclinate, sensillus. Subías (2004) also lists
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AD208F39FCBDF990" authority="Banks, 1947" authorityName="Banks" authorityYear="1947" box="[537,815,1556,1580]" class="Arachnida" family="Haplozetidae" genus="Alloribates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AD208F39FD07F990" box="[537,661,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Alloribates</emphasis>
Banks, 1947
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AC058F39FB1DF990" authority="Jacot, 1936" authorityName="Jacot" authorityYear="1936" box="[828,1167,1556,1580]" class="Arachnida" family="Scheloribatidae" genus="Propeschelobates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AC058F39FB90F990" box="[828,1026,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Propeschelobates</emphasis>
Jacot, 1936
</taxonomicName>
; and
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0ABF78F39FF5DF9EC" authority="Jacot, 1929" authorityName="Jacot" authorityYear="1929" class="Arachnida" family="Scheloribatidae" genus="Styloribates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0ABF78F39FAC1F990" box="[1230,1363,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Styloribates</emphasis>
Jacot, 1929
</taxonomicName>
as junior synonyms of
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AEEC8F15FDF3F9EC" box="[469,609,1592,1616]" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AEEC8F15FDF3F9EC" box="[469,609,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Protoribates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5C11AC18FFEDFFF1AFF08F70FD5AFEA0" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2012]" lastBlockId="3.[151,1436,151,285]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="486" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">
In their catalogue of North American oribatid mites,
<collectingCountry id="24B9EC88FFEDFFF0AC0B8F71FC07F9C8" box="[818,917,1628,1652]" name="Marshall Islands" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Marshall</collectingCountry>
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AC998F70FC4EF9C8" box="[928,988,1628,1652]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">et al.</emphasis>
(1987), prior to the clarification of its generic limit, recorded an undetermined species of
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0ADE98FADFCCFF924" box="[720,861,1664,1688]" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0ADE98FADFCCFF924" box="[720,861,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Protoribates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from New York and Qubec and
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0ABFF8FADFAC1F924" box="[1222,1363,1664,1688]" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0ABFF8FADFAC1F924" box="[1222,1363,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Protoribates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nr.
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AFAE8F89FE95F900" box="[151,263,1700,1724]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">langenula</emphasis>
(Berlese, 1904) from New Brunswick. They also considered a report of
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AB518F89FEA7F95C" authority="Haller, 1884" authorityName="Haller" authorityYear="1884" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="monodactylus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AB518F89FA0EF900" box="[1128,1436,1700,1724]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Protoribates monodactylus</emphasis>
(Haller, 1884)
</taxonomicName>
by Michael (1898) unconfirmed and, based on the study of original specimens, recombined
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AA7A8FE5FEEFF8B8" authority="Ewing, 1908" authorityName="Ewing" authorityYear="1908" class="Arachnida" family="Haplozetidae" genus="Oribata" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albida">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AA7A8FE5FF4DF8B8" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Oribata albida</emphasis>
Ewing, 1908
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AE848FC1FCF6F8B8" authority="Ewing, 1909" authorityName="Ewing" authorityYear="1909" box="[445,868,1772,1796]" class="Arachnida" family="Scheloribatidae" genus="Scheloribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albidus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AE848FC1FD20F8B8" box="[445,690,1772,1796]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Scheloribates albidus</emphasis>
(Ewing, 1909)
</taxonomicName>
. Therefore, we do not follow Subías (2004) who considered this species a member of
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AD0A8E3DFD2DF894" box="[563,703,1808,1832]" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AD0A8E3DFD2DF894" box="[563,703,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Protoribates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<collectingCountry id="24B9EC88FFEDFFF0ADF78E3DFCA3F894" box="[718,817,1808,1832]" name="Marshall Islands" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Marshall</collectingCountry>
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AC018E3CFCE2F894" box="[824,880,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">et al.</emphasis>
(1987) additionally listed 8 species or subspecies of monodactyl
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AE728E19FE28F8F0" box="[331,442,1844,1868]" class="Arachnida" family="Haplozetidae" genus="Xylobates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AE728E19FE28F8F0" box="[331,442,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Xylobates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from North
<collectingCountry id="24B9EC88FFEDFFF0AD6E8E19FD29F8F0" box="[599,699,1844,1868]" name="United States of America" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">America</collectingCountry>
. However, after examining
<typeStatus id="831512BAFFEDFFF0AB3E8E18FBA5F8F1" box="[1031,1079,1845,1869]" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">type</typeStatus>
material, Norton and Kethley (1990) determined: (1) that
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AEE58E75FCFEF8CC" authority="Ewing, 1909" authorityName="Ewing" authorityYear="1909" box="[476,876,1880,1904]" class="Arachnida" family="Haplozetidae" genus="Xylobates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oblongus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AEE58E75FD2EF8CC" box="[476,700,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">Xylobates oblongus</emphasis>
(Ewing, 1909)
</taxonomicName>
was distinct from
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AB728E74FB2EF8CC" box="[1099,1212,1881,1904]" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="capucinus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AB728E74FB2EF8CC" box="[1099,1212,1881,1904]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">capucinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (2) that
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AA178E74FEAEF828" authority="Ewing, 1909" authorityName="Ewing" authorityYear="1909" class="Arachnida" family="Haplozetidae" genus="Xylobates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AA178E74FA0EF8CC" box="[1326,1436,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">X. longus</emphasis>
(Ewing, 1909)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AE4E8E50FD0EF828" authority="Jacot, 1937" authorityName="Jacot" authorityYear="1937" box="[375,668,1916,1940]" class="Arachnida" family="Haplozetidae" genus="Xylobates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longisetae">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AE4E8E50FD9EF828" box="[375,524,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">X. longisetae</emphasis>
Jacot, 1937
</taxonomicName>
, were junior synonyms of
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0ACEA8E51FBABF828" box="[979,1081,1916,1940]" class="Arachnida" family="Haplozetidae" genus="Xylobates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oblongus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0ACEA8E51FBABF828" box="[979,1081,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">oblongus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (3) that
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AB938E50FF4AF804" authority="Banks, 1947" authorityName="Banks" authorityYear="1947" class="Arachnida" family="Haplozetidae" genus="Xylobates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="singularis">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AB938E50FAAEF828" box="[1194,1340,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">X. singularis</emphasis>
(Banks, 1947)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AE288E8CFDBAF804" authority="Jacot, 1937" authorityName="Jacot" authorityYear="1937" box="[273,552,1952,1976]" class="Arachnida" family="Haplozetidae" genus="Xylobates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angustior">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AE288E8CFE0EF804" box="[273,412,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">X. angustior</emphasis>
Jacot, 1937
</taxonomicName>
, were junior synonyms of
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AC618E8CFC58F804" box="[856,970,1953,1976]" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="capucinus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AC618E8CFC58F804" box="[856,970,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">capucinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. They also raised
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0ABA28E8CFEBDF860" authority="Jacot, 1937" authorityName="Jacot" authorityYear="1937" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="capucinus" subSpecies="robustior">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0ABA28E8CFA0EF804" box="[1179,1436,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">X. capucinus robustior</emphasis>
(Jacot, 1937)
</taxonomicName>
to the species level. If we include
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0ADDA8EE8FC03F860" box="[739,913,1988,2012]" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lophotrichus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0ADDA8EE8FC03F860" box="[739,913,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">P. lophotrichus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF0AC9C8EE8FB6CF860" authority="Banks, 1906" authorityName="Banks" authorityYear="1906" box="[933,1278,1988,2012]" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="imperfectus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AC9C8EE8FBD8F860" box="[933,1098,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">P. imperfectus</emphasis>
(Banks, 1906)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFEDFFF1AA368EE8FEC3FF13" authority="Woolley, 1968" authorityName="Woolley" authorityYear="1968" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="486" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prionotus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFEDFFF0AA368EE8FA0EF860" box="[1295,1436,1989,2012]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="485">P. prionotus</emphasis>
(Woolley, 1968)
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFECFFF1AEA889B4FD9CFF0C" box="[401,526,152,176]" class="Arachnida" family="Oribatulidae" genus="Oribates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="486" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dentatus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFECFFF1AEA889B4FD9CFF0C" box="[401,526,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="486">P. dentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(reported by Subías 2004 to be Holarctic), perhaps seven described species of
<taxonomicName id="9BAED79BFFECFFF1AFAE8991FEB6FF68" box="[151,292,188,212]" class="Arachnida" family="Protoribatidae" genus="Protoribates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="486" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFECFFF1AFAE8991FEB6FF68" box="[151,292,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="486">Protoribates</emphasis>
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are known from or potentially occur in North
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. Below we describe a new species, provide a new diagnosis for
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFECFFF1AE5089CCFE79FF44" box="[361,491,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="486">P. robustior</emphasis>
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, confirm the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFECFFF1AC1A89CCFC3EFF44" box="[803,940,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="486">P. prionotus</emphasis>
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with
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<emphasis id="6EDA700AFFECFFF1ACD489CCFB05FF44" box="[1005,1175,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="486">P. lophotrichus</emphasis>
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, and provide a key for the known species of the genus in North
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.
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