Ladislav Miko- prof., RNDr., PhD.
- Head of team at Institute for environmental studies
Ladislav Miko
- prof., RNDr., PhD.
- Head of team at Institute for environmental studies
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The human population appropriates about one-third of global aboveground terrestrial productivity. Although we have only a limited knowledge of the consequences of this effect, it is probable that the decreasing energy available for natural ecosystems will lead to the decrease of biological diversity, ultimately leading to the loss of functioning of...
Oribatid fauna of 7 localities of the mountain range of Branisko was studied. Altogether 138 species from 43 families were recorded from overall 962 identified individuals. Species Sellnickochthonius hungaricus, Phthiracarus clavatus, Phthiracarus compressus and Carabodes intermedius are recorded for the first time from the territory of Slovakia, f...
Microarthropods such as mites (Acari) and springtails (Collembola) play a key role in the functioning of nutrient‐poor ecosystems. They contribute to the comminution of organic matter and they are likely to affect the structure and function of soil microbial communities through grazing and by changing substrate availability. However, the precise ef...
The first recorded finding of a species belonging to the oribatid mite family Sternoppiidae is reported from French Guyana. Sternoppia (Luisternoppia) subgen. nov., is characterised by a developed transcostula, long notogastral setae and strongly modified epimeral setae 3a and 4a, and its type species, S. (L.) subiasi sp. nov. is described based on...
In 2023, the European Commission released a legislative proposal for a Directive on Soil Monitoring and Resilience which aims to define a legal framework to achieve healthy soils across the European Union (EU) by 2050. A key component of the initial Directive is the mandate for Member States to establish basic geographic soil governance units, refe...
Kunstidamaeus lengersdorfi (Willmann, 1932) II
Kunstidamaeus tecticola from Romania
Multioppia furcata carpatica
Damaeus gracilipes
ABSTRACT
Trimetabelba Miko gen. nov. a new genus of damaeid mites within Metabelba sensu lato is proposed
after redescription of the species T. propexa (Kulczynski, 1902) comb. nov. based on topotypical material
from High Tatra Mountains (Carpathians). Two further new species are described: T. proxima Miko sp.
nov. from multiple localities in Slova...
Conserved urban relicts represent unvaluable reservoirs of biodiversity. In Bogotá (Colombia), these ecosystems remain poorly studied, and particularly oribatid mites have been historically neglected. We explored the species composition in two conserved relicts within the city: Jardín Botánico de Bogotá Jose Celestino Mutis (JBB) and Las Mercedes f...
Kunstidamaeus lengersdorfi from Romania
A new species of the genus Spatiodamaeus (Oribatida, Damaeidae) is described from Russia, based on adult and juvenile instars collected from bark of Acer platanoides and soil-litter of mixed and broadleaf forests in European part of Russia and Western Siberia. The adult of Spatiodamaeus kalugaensis sp. nov. is similar to S. nortoni (Bayartogtokh, 2...
Restoration of nutrient-enriched heathlands and similar dry habitats via topsoil removal requires the re-assembly of above and belowground communities to attain fully functional ecosystems. Top-soil removal provides unique opportunities to study the assembly processes, but research has traditionally focused on succession of the aboveground part of...
Heathland restoration using topsoil removal requires the re‐colonization of above‐ and belowground communities. Oribatid mites play a key role in the comminution of organic matter and are frequently early colonizers during succession despite their limited mobility. Whereas the assembly of their communities may take decades, passive dispersal likely...
Metabelba (Pateribelba) filippovi, a large species of Metabelba known from the Transcaucasus and Caspian areas, is redescribed on the basis of material from Arasbaran forest (East Azerbaijan, North-West Iran). A new, closely related species, M. (P.) abkhasica Kolesnikov & Miko sp. nov., is described on the basis of newly collected material from Abk...
Two closely related species of the genus Piribelba (Oribatida, Damaeidae) are redescribed based on morphology of adults and developmental instars. Redescription of P. rossica (Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1957) is based on specimens collected in Russia, including specimens identified by Bulanova-Zachvatkina; redescription of P. piriformis (Mihelčič, 1964)...
In 2009, the European Parliament adopted nearly unanimously a resolution requiring an EC policy about wilderness This resolution, along with the related debates led under the Czech and Belgian presidencies, unveiled a new kind of awareness resulting from the enlargement of the EU toward the east This was made possible by a large number of convergin...
Over the last thousands of years, human impact led to significant changes in the landscape, with impacts on the environment and the functioning of the ecosystems. We assumed that even small human settlements developed around water bodies might have a substantial impact that surpasses the natural cycles of climate change in an area, especially linke...
A new oribatid mite genus, Coronabelba n. gen., with its type species, Coronabelba unicornis n. sp., belonging to the family Damaeidae, is proposed and described from Abkhazia. The new genus differs from the close genus Metabelba Grandjean, 1936 by shape of notogaster, shape of notogastral setae and their insertions on distinct apophyses and leg ch...
The oribatid mite genus Kunstidamaeus (Damaeidae) is known from 17 species distributed in Europe and Asia. Based on adult and juvenile specimens, we propose K. arthurjacoti sp. nov. as the first Nearctic species. It occurs in the eastern and midwestern USA, as well as Ontario, Canada, in diverse habitats including prairie sod, fens, and leaf litter...
This checklist of oribatid mites of the Republic of Colombia compiles and provides a taxonomic update of all records known up to 2020. It includes 192 entries accounting for 68 named and 47 unnamed species belonging to 73 genera and 58 families of non-astigmatid oribatid mites. Specimens from the brachypyline supercohort were dominant (54.7%), foll...
Genus Belba von Heyden, 1826 sensu lato is revisited on the basis of its suspected polyphyly. New, narrowed and monophyletic definition of Belba is given and Piribelba gen. nov., Eubelba gen. nov. and Arboribelba gen. nov. are proposed as new genera within this group, for well defined groupings of species with shared apomorphies. Additional informa...
A new oribatid mite subgenus, Parabelbella (Paradyobelba) subgen. nov. (Oribatida, Damaeidae), characterized by unusual tubercular anterior propodolateral apophyse PA in combination with tubercular apophyses P, Sa and Sp, with type species Parabelbella (Paradyobelba) elchacoensis sp. nov., is proposed and described from Ecuador. The relations betwe...
Abstract: Oribatid fauna of selected localities of the mountain range of Levoča Mountains (Levočské vrchy), was studied and complemented by historic record (Miko 1990). New, qualitative samples were collected in autumn 2017 (5 locations) and summer 2018 (11 locations). Altogether, 175 species of oribatid mites from 49 families were found. Ten speci...
Two new species from the superfamily Crotonioidea, Malaconothrus kawensis n. sp. and Cyrthermannia bifurcata n. sp., found in material colected in Kaw mountains (Montagne de Kaw), and near the Saül, French Guyana, are described. The relationships of both new species within respective genera are analysed, and determination keys are provided for all...
A new oribatid mite species of the genus Kunstidamaeus Miko, 2006 (Oribatida, Damaeidae) is described from Taiwan, based on adult and tritonymphal instar; Kunstidamaeus yilanensis sp. nov. differs from similar damaeid species by the long and flagellate interlamellar, exobothridial and some epimeral setae (3c, 4c, 4d), and the presence of prodorsal...
The Zăton Lake is a closed depressionlocated in the Ponoarele karst area (south-western Romania) formed along a tectonic-erosional window as a NE-SW corridor (250–450 m a.s.l.). In this area Mesozoic sedimentary rocks outcrop, along with the metamorphic basement of the Danubian Domain of the Southern Carpathians. The entire river basin is drained u...
The possible implications of global trends such as climate change and resource scarcity on food security are high on the political agendas. While the food sufficiency aspect of food security takes centre-stage, the future of food safety and nutritional quality of diets often seems to be taken for granted. This paper builds on the results of a fores...
Belba paracorynopus Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1962 is redescribed on the basis of new material collected in Georgia and damaged paratypes of Bulanova-Zachvatkina. The species belongs to the Belba corynopus group and differs from other species of the group by the size and form of notogastral setae, formation of the prodorsum and detailed chaetotaxy of l...
A new oribatid mite genus, Tamdamaeus gen. nov., with its type species, Tamdamaeus staryi sp. nov., belonging to the family Damaeidae, is proposed and described from leaf litter and soil from Tam Dao National Park (Northern Vietnam). It is close to the genus Damaeus C.L. Koch, 1835, but differs from the latter by the absence of spinae adnatae on th...
The oribatid mite genus Eurhynchoribates (Oribatida, Rhynchoribatidae) is recorded in the Philippines for the first time. Two new species are described from litter and soil of secondary forests. Eurhynchoribates samarensis sp. nov. differs from all species of the genus by the presence of 14 pairs of notogastral setae, and is designated as type spec...
A new check-list of the oribatid mites (Acarina: Oribatida) of the Czech Republic is presented following
a critical review of data published before 2012. Faunistic data were supplemented with all obtainable data from
unpublished sources (habilitation works, theses, project reports, etc.), known to the author up to 2012. The checklist was complement...
Oribatid fauna of selected localities in Busov Mountains was studied. Altogether, 114 species of oribatid mites from 36 families were found in 11 qualitative samples from years 1988 and 1990. Hydrozetes lemnae (Coggi, 1899) is recorded for the first time from the territory of Slovakia. Cultroribula confinis Berlese, 1908 and Oribatella brevipila Be...
Oribatid fauna of selected localities in Vihorlat Mountains and mountain foothills (Humenné, Vinné) was studied. Altogether, 165 species of orib-atid mites from 47 families were found in 25 qualitative samples from years 1986 – 2005. 5 species need further study to decide if they belong to any known taxon, they may represent new species. 16 species...
A new species of oribatid mite from the family Damaeidae, Damaeus lupus n.sp., belonging to the nominate
subgenus, is described from litter of Pinus cembra forest in a wilderness area of the Vysoké Tatry Mts. in the West Carpathians, Slovakia. The unusual set of characters (position of bothridia, epimeral and partial anal neotrichy), as well as pos...
What is soil biodiversity ? How does it vary in space and time ? What does it provide to society ? What are the main threats to soil biodiversity ? What can we do to preserve it ? The first ever Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas uses informative texts, stunning photographs and striking maps to answer and explain these and other questions. Going throug...
Key messages
• Soil is an important habitat for thousand millions of organisms.
• Soil biodiversity is extremely diverse in shapes, colours, sizes and functions.
• Soil biodiversity is globally distributed, from deserts to polar regions through grasslands, forests, urban and agricultural areas.
• Soil biodiversity supports many services essential t...
Fossil invertebrates from cave sediments have
been recently described as a potential new proxy for paleoenvironment
and used in cross-correlations with alternate proxy
records from cave deposits. Here we present the results of a
fossil invertebrates study in four caves from two climatically
different regions of the Romanian Carpathians, to compleme...
One new genus (Eurhynchoribates n. gen.) and three new subgenera (Rhynchoribatodes n. subgen., Parhynchoribates n. subgen. and Tectorhynchoribates n. subgen.) are proposed on the basis of review of known species of genus Rhynchoribates Grandjean, 1929 and on the basis of description of three new species-Rhynchoribates (s. str.) danbartai n. sp., Rh...
SPE EA Pôle BIOME The Atlas is divided in 8 chapters covering all the aspects of soil biodiversity: - Chapter I: The soil habitat - Chapter II: Diversity of soil organisms - Chapter III: Geographical and temporal distribution - Chapter IV: Ecosystem functions and services - Chapter V: Threats - Chapter VI: Interventions - Chapter VII: Policy, educa...
Two new fossil species of the extant genus Dissorhina Hull, 1916 (Oribatida, Oppiidae) are described from Pliocene clastic sediments in Trhlovca cave of the Slovenian Classical Karst (Kras): Dissorhina paleokrasica n. sp. and Dissorhina nuda n. sp. Diagnoses of both new species are given on the basis of detailed study of few damaged adult individua...
Fossil invertebrates from cave sediments have been recently described as a potential new proxy for paleoenvironment and used in cross-correlations with alternate proxy records from cave deposits. Here we present the results of a fossil invertebrates study in four caves from two climatically different regions of the Romanian Carpathians, to compleme...
Adamaeus Norton, 1978 and Paradamaeus Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1957, two subgenera of genus Damaeus C. L. Koch, 1835, are reviewed on the basis of the redescription of their type species. Subgenus Eudamaeus Pérez-Iñigo, 1987 and genus Tectodamaeus Aoki, 1984 are reviewed and their relation to Damaeus is discussed. Damaeus firmus Kunst, 1957 is redescr...
The oribatid mite Metabelba (Pateribelba) centurion sp. nov. is described based on specimens from the mountain areas of Ethiopia. The species is characterized by a specific arrangement of strong and erect notogastral setae in close, parallel rows near the midline, by the unique presence of notogastral seta c3 in adult and by the presence of a compl...
We redescribe Neobelba pseudopapillipes Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1967, single known species of Neobelba Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1967, based on the material collected in Russia and Slovakia. The species shares many important characters of Metabelba Grandjean, 1936, particularly of the subgenus M. (Pateribelba) Mourek, Miko et Bernini, 2011. It can be eas...
Think Wild! Principles of Wilderness Philosophy bY LADISLAV MIKO FEATURES M any people believe that calling for wilderness preservation and protection means working against all the benefits that civilization has brought to humans. "Return to wilderness" is seen as a reversal of the human development that – more than anything else – has traditionall...
Amiracarus pliocennatus n. gen., n. sp. is described based on fossils found in Pliocene and Pleistocene clastic sediments in caves of the Slovenian Classical Karst (Kras). Diagnosis and relationships of the new genus are given and relationships within the extant species of the genus are discussed as well as variability and reliability of some chara...
The terrestrial environment of the High Arctic consists of a mosaic of habitat types. In addition to the natural habitat diversity, various human-influenced types may occur. For the resident invertebrate fauna, these anthropogenic habitats may be either unusually favourable or detrimental. In the town of Barentsburg, Svalbard, soils were imported f...
Two species of the family Damaeidae (Acarina, Oribatida) are described and documented. Kunstidamaeus arcticus n.sp. was found in Svalbard (Spitsbergen) and differs from all other known species of the genus by having only five pairs of genital setae; by the specific development at the base of the prodorsum, where tubercles Ba are replaced by a multi...
Forty six species of invertebrate were collected from the manure enriched imported soils below the abandoned cow sheds in the Russian mining town of Barentsburg, Svalbard. Of these, 11 (24 %) were new records for Svalbard, including Collembola, gamasid mites, Enchytraeidae and the first identified Lumbricidae. Many of the new records are species no...
Forty six species of invertebrate were collected from the manure enriched imported soils below the abandoned cow sheds in the Russian mining town of Barentsburg, Svalbard. Of these, 11 (24 %) were new records for Svalbard, including Collembola, gamasid mites, Enchytraeidae and the first identified Lumbricidae. Many of the new records are species no...
An overview of studies of oribatid mites in the Giant Mountains (Krkonoše, Czech Republic) from the
fi rst records to the present is presented here. The presence of rare and unique species is commented, and the high
importance of soil fauna of the Krkonoše Mountains National Park is documented. A list of all known species
together with their known...
À l'occasion de la Journée Mondiale des Sols, le Centre commun de recherche (JRC), service scientifique de la Commission européenne, publie la version française de sa cartographie unique des sols européens. L'atlas européen de la biodiversité des sols est un outil d'aide à la décision visant à protéger les sols, ressource essentielle aux cycles de...
À l'occasion de la Journée Mondiale des Sols, le Centre commun de recherche (JRC), service scientifique de la Commission européenne, publie la version française de sa cartographie unique des sols européens. L'atlas européen de la biodiversité des sols est un outil d'aide à la décision visant à protéger les sols, ressource essentielle aux cycles de...
Protection of soil resources is a priority for policy makers concerned with future food security and biodiversity conservation. Current global, continental and national progress with legal frameworks and supporting technical information is reviewed. Better soil monitoring information is needed to support new investment in, targeting of, and evaluat...
Not so long ago, ecological restoration was considered to be mainly a site - level activity where certain measures were taken to reverse an unwanted situation or unwanted developments. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that ecosystems do not function independently from their surroundings and that spatial relations matter a great deal (Hobb...
Two new genera of the oribatid mite family Oppiidae (Acari: Oribatida) are proposed based on fossils found in Early Pleistocene clastic
sediments in caves of the Classical Slovenian Karst (Kras). Rhinoppioides MIKO gen. nov., with type species R. quadrituberculatus MIKO sp.
nov., differs from the similar recent taxon Oppiella (Rhinoppia) BALOGH, 19...
The mite genus Parabelbella Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1972, one of the poorest known genera of Damaeidae, is redefined on the basis of redescription of P. elisabhetae Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1967, collected by the authors in Russia and follow-ing study of the type material of Bulanova-Zachvatkina. Akrodamaeus Norton, 1979 is considered as a junior synony...
We review the current state of taxonomy of the oribatid mite genus Metabelba Grandjean, 1936 (Damaeidae) and present an amended generic diagnosis. In contrast to Subías (2004) we consider Allobelba Kunst, 1961 and Neobelba Bulanova- Zachvatkina, 1967 as separate genera, not subgenera of Metabelba. We consider the subgenus Metabelba (Parametabelba)...
Epidamaeus bituberculatus (Kulczynski, 1902) – type species of the genus Epidamaeus Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1957 (Damaeidae) – is redescribed and illustrated in detail based on adult specimens collected in dead wood and tree hollows in natural forest in Upper Silesia, Poland. The species is characterized mainly by a single pair of postbothridial tuber...
The mite genus Parabelbella Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1972, one of the poorest known genera of Damaeidae, is redefined on the basis of redescription of P. elisabhetae Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1967, collected by the authors in Russia and following study of the type material of Bulanova-Zachvatkina. Akrodamaeus Norton, 1979 is considered as a junior synonym...
Five samples of clastic sediments from interior cave facies taken in three Slovenian relic caves (Trhlovca, Raci\vska pecina, and a cave in Crnotice Quarry, Classical Karst, SW Slovenia) provided invertebrate fossil remains. Most of them belong to Oribatida but sparse individuals of Cladocera and insects were also identified. They represent the fir...
Five samples of clastic sediments from interior cave facies taken in three Slovenian relic caves (Trhlovca, Račiška pečina, and a cave in Črnotiče Quarry, Classical Karst, SW Slovenia) provided invertebrate fossil remains. Most of them belong to Oribatida but sparse individuals of Cladocera and insects were also identified. They represent the first...
Epidamaeus bituberculatus (Kulczynski, 1902) – type species of the genus Epidamaeus
Bulanova-Zachvatkina 1957 (Damaeidae) – is redescribed and illustrated in detail based on adult specimens
collected in dead wood and tree hollows in natural forest in Upper Silesia, Poland. The species
is characterized mainly by a single pair of postbothridial tuber...
Results of the faunistic study of oribatid mites (Acarina, Oribatida) performed in 1987-1990 in the territories of National Park Pieniny and Nature Reserve of Jarabinský prielom (Western Carpathians, NE Slovakia) are present-ed. Altogether, 235 species of oribatids were recorded, 231 in Pieniny National Park, and 62 in Jarabinský prielom gorge. 7 s...
A new mite genus, Weigmannia (Oribatida: Damaeidae), is proposed for the North-American species Poro-belba parki described by Jacot (1937). It is distinguished from Porobelba Grandjean, 1936 based on differences in prodorsum morphology, the absence of an unpaired porose area on the notogaster and the development of notogastral setae. Poro-belba and...
Modern redescriptions and new diagnoses of three species of genus Kunstidamaeus, belonging to the "tenuipes" group— K. tenuipes (Michael, 1885), K. granulatus (Willmann, 1951), K. nivalis (Kulczynski, 1902) are given. Another species of this group, K. fraterculus n.sp., is described, based on individuals from Dreveník hill in East Slovakia. The gro...
Modern redescriptions and new diagnoses of three species of genus Kunstidamaeus, belonging to the “tenuipes” group— K. tenuipes (Michael, 1885), K. granulatus (Willmann, 1951), K. nivalis (Kulczynski, 1902) are given. Another species of this group, K. fraterculus n.sp., is described, based on individuals from Dreveník hill in East Slovakia. The gro...
Miko, Ladislav (2010): Taxonomy of European Damaeidae (Acari: Oribatida) III Species of the Kunstidamaeus tenuipes (Michael, 1885) group, with a description of Kunstidamaeus fraterculus n. sp. from East Slovakia. Zootaxa 2327: 51-64
Soil is one of the fundamental components for supporting life on Earth. Most ecosystem processes and global functions that occur within soil are driven by living organisms that, in turn, sustain life above ground. However, despite the fact that soils are home to a quarter of all living species on Earth, life within the soil is often hidden away and...
Vyd. 1. Pub. vychází k roku biodiverzity 2010
Three simple cenological indices based on the study of oribatid mites (Acarina, Oribatida) in agroecosystems and adjacent habitats of East Slovak Lowlands and Košice basin (Slovakia) have been proposed and compared with traditional cenological methods. The indices -Index of sample saturation, Index of mite community composition and Index of species...
The famulus is a specialised seta on the dorsal side of the tarsus of the first pair of legs in acariform mites. It has various
shapes, but a stable location within the whole group. In the oribatid family Damaeidae, two states of famulus are
known: emergent and sunken. The emergent famulus is a simple short seta with fully emergent insertion. It is...
Porobelba weigmanni n. sp. (Oribatida: Damaeidae) is described, based on individuals found in the Pieniny Mountains of North-East Slovakia. It differs from previously known species of the genus by having long, hypertrophied notogastral setae c 1 , and by the presence of one pair of prodorsal tubercles. A new diagnosis of the genus Porobelba is pres...
Porobelba weigmanni n. sp. (Oribatida: Damaeidae) is described, based on individuals found in the Pieniny Mountains of North-East Slovakia. It differs from previously known species of the genus by having long, hypertrophied notogastral setae c 1 , and by the presence of one pair of prodorsal tubercles. A new diagnosis of the genus Porobelba is pres...
The diagnosis of the genus Kunstidamaeus Miko, 2006 is given and a new generic concept within Damaeus sensu lato is proposed. Epidamaeus, Kunstidamaeus and Spatiodamaeus are given generic status, whereas Adamaeus, Paradamaeus and the nominal subgenus Damaeus s. stricto are considered to be subgenera of the genus Damaeus. The type species K. lengers...
The diagnosis of the genus Kunstidamaeus Miko, 2006 is given and a new generic concept within Damaeus sensu lato is proposed. Epidamaeus, Kunstidamaeus and Spatiodamaeus are given generic status, whereas Adamaeus, Paradamaeus and the nominal subgenus Damaeus s. stricto are considered to be subgenera of the genus Damaeus. The type species K. lengers...
Miko, Ladislav (2008): Taxonomy of European Damaeidae (Acari: Oribatida) II. Porobelba weigmanni n. sp. (Oribatida, Damaeidae), from East Slovakia, with comments on other known species of the genus. Zootaxa 1844: 55-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183260
Miko, Ladislav, Mourek, Jan (2008): Taxonomy of European Damaeidae (Acari: Oribatida) I. Kunstidamaeus Miko, 2006, with comments on Damaeus sensu lato. Zootaxa 1820: 1-26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182974
FIGURE 7. Kunstidamaeus lengersdorfi — tritonymph from the caves of the Slovak Karst. A) dorsal view; B) ventral view, C) detail of interlamelar and exobothridial seta (lateral view). Legs only partly drawn, cerotegument not drawn.
FIGURE 11. Kunstidamaeus lengersdorfi — SEM micrographs of adult and tritonymph from the caves of the Slovak Karst. A—adult, detail of bothridium in dorsofrontal view, note granular cerotegument on botridial rim and filamentous cerotegument in dorsosejugal region; B—adult, detail of spina adnata in lateral view partly covered with filamentous cerot...
FIGURE 2. Kunstidamaeus lengersdorfi – prodorsum of adult specimen from caves of the Slovak Karst. A) dorsal view; B) variation in development of propodolateral apophysis P; C) partial ventral view; D) variation in shape of discidium (ventral view, numbers refer to discidia on both body sides of the same specimen, orifice of acetabulum IV shaded)....
FIGURE 6. Kunstidamaeus lengersdorfi — adult—legs III and IV (right, antiaxial aspect), specimen from the caves of the Slovak Karst. A) leg IV; B) leg III. Cerotegument not drawn.
FIGURE 1. Kunstidamaeus lengersdorfi – adult specimen from Harz (Moritz Collection). A) dorsal view; B) partial ventral view. Legs, infracapitulum and cerotegument only partly drawn, lyrifissures and openings of opisthonotal glands not drawn.
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I am finalising the review and identification keys of world Damaeus (sensu lato), but have a difficulty with material from former Soviet Union and China, and basically very limited information from other Central Asian countries. I would appreciate any material from these areas for study. Particularly interested in species described by Bulanova Zachvatkina from Soviet Union, as descriptions are incomplete and type material in bad shape or missing.
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I am trying to compile information about the presence of some oribatid species througout Europe and it seems surprisingly that there is no consolidated check-list of French species available/published. Would be greatful for any help, thanks.
