Papillacarus (Vepracarus) Aoki 1965
- Dataset
- Two remarkable new species of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Acacia litter of Kerala, India
- Rank
- SUBGENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Sarcoptiformes
- family
- Lohmanniidae
- genus
- Papillacarus
biology_ecology
Ecology. Natural habitats include litter and soil ecosystems, also found in moss and on epiphytes.
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Notogastral surface never smooth, either with papilli, tubercles or polygonal sculptures. Pygidial setae branched, tree shaped or ciliate, presence of strong pygidial neotrichy (> 18 pairs).
distribution
Distribution (Fig. 2). Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental regions. The genus is mostly distributed in the oriental region (15 species) and no representations in Australian and Antarctic realms. P. (V.) hirsutus (Aoki, 1961) has been reported from seven different countries belonging to three geographical realms viz. Neotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental. Nearctic and Afrotropical regions have single representations only.
type_taxon
Type species: Vepracarus ogawai Aoki, 1965