ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA SLOVENICA
LJUBLJANA, DECEMBER 2009 Vol. 17, št. 2: 107-114
FIRST RECORD OF ELEVEN UROPODINA SPECIES FROM SLOVENIA
(ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA)
J. Kontschan
Systematic Zoology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13. Hungary, E-mail: kontscha@zool.nhmus.hu
Abstract - Eleven Uropodina species were collected from different parts of Slovenia. Original drawings, scanning micrographs and maps are given.
Key words: Acari, Mesostigmata, Uropodina, fauna, Slovenia
Izvleček - PRVI PODATKI O ENAJSTIH VRSTAH UROPODINSKIH PRŠIC V SLOVENIJI (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA)
Enajst vrst podreda Uropodina je bilo najdenih v različnih delih Slovenije. Dodane so izvirne risbe, elektronsko mikroskopske slike in karte.
Ključne besede: Acari, Mesostigmata, Uropodina, favna, Slovenija
Introduction
Uropodina mites live in the soil, moss, leaf litter, nests of ants, birds and small mammals in Europe, but most of the species are inhabitants of the forest soils.
Today we know about more than 340 species in Europe (Bloszyk 1999). Several countries are well investigated (e.g. German, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary (Wisniewski 1993, Bloszyk 1999, Masan 2001, Kontschan 2008), but most of the countries are poorly-studied. Slovenia is one of the hardly known countries of Europe, recently only one species is listed (Trachytes aegrota (C. L. Koch, 1841)) (Kontschan 2005).
Material and methods
Specimens were cleared in lactic acid and later stored in alcohol. Drawings were made with a camera lucida. Scanning micrographs were taken in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest with a HITACHI SN 2600 scanning electron microscope. The specimens examined are deposited in the Collections of Soil Zoology of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Abbreviations: DL: Laszlo Danyi, KJ: Jeno Kontschan, MD: David Muranyi, SzGy: György Sziraki. Measurements are given in micrometers (pm).
List of species
Trachytidae
Trachytes minima Trägardh, 1910
New records: E-2461. Slovenia, Triglav NP., Koča pri Peričniku, Triglavska stream (Bistrica), N 46 °25,681'E 13° 52,548', 1046m a.s.l., beech forest, leaf litter, 02.08.2008. DL., E-1957. Slovenia, Golnik, 460m a.s.l., mixed beech forest, from moss, 14.04.2006. DL+KJ., E-1953. Slovenia, Gozd Martuljek, beech forest, from soil, 13.04.2006. DL+KJ., E-2470. Slovenia, Goreljek, leaf litter, 02.09.2008. KJ.,
Distribution: Europe.
Trachytes mystacinus Berlese, 1910
New records: E-2461. Slovenia, Triglav NP., Koča pri Peričniku, Triglavska stream (Bistrica), N 46 °25,681'E 13° 52,548', 1046m a.s.l., beech forest, leaf litter, 02.08.2008. DL., E-2463. Slovenia, Triglav NP., Koča pri Peričniku, near to the Peričnik waterfall, N 46°26'22.91"E 13°53'37.28", 843m a.s.l., beech forest, leaf litter, 02.08.2008. DL., E-1956. Slovenia, near Zgornje Jezersko, beech forest, from leaf litter, 13.04.2006. DL+KJ., E-1957. Slovenia, Golnik, 460m a.s.l., mixed beech forest, from moss, 14.04.2006. DL+KJ., E-1961. Slovenia, Golnik, 460m a.s.l., mixed beech forest, from leaf litter, 14.04.2006. DL+KJ., E-1951. Slovenia, Potoče, near the river Kokra, from leaf litter, 13.04.2006. DL+KJ., E-1953. Slovenia, Gozd Martuljek, beech forest, from soil, 13.04.2006. DL+KJ.
Distribution: Central-Europe.
Polyaspis patavinus Berlese, 1881
New records: E-2454. Slovenia, Piran, Fiesa, wet meadow in the sea-shore, from decayed wood, 25.06.2008. SzGy.
Distribution: Europe.
Trematuridae
Trichouropoda ovalis (C. L. Koch, 1839) (Fig. 1)
New records: E-1961. Slovenia, Golnik, 460m a.s.l., mixed beech forest, from leaf litter, 14.04.2006. DL+KJ., E-2461. Slovenia, Triglav NP., Koča pri Peričniku,
Figs 1-2: Scanning micrographs of Uropodina species from Slovenia: 1: ventral view of Trichouropoda ovalis (C. L. Koch, 1839); 2: ventral view of Urodiaspis tecta (Kramer, 1876).
Triglavska stream (Bistrica), N 46 °25,681'E 13° 52,548', 1046m a.s.l., beech forest, leaf litter, 02.08.2008. DL.
Distribution: Europe.
Urodinychidae
Urodiaspis tecta (Kramer, 1876) (Fig. 2)
New records: E-2468. Slovenia, Ribčev Laz, moss from the beach of lake Bohinjsko jezero, 03.09.2008. KJ., E-2461. Slovenia, Triglav NP., Koča pri Peričniku, Triglavska stream (Bistrica), N 46 °25,681'E 13° 52,548', 1046m a.s.l., beech forest, leaf litter, 02.08.2008. DL.,
E-2470. Slovenia, Goreljek, leaf litter, 02.09.2008. KJ., E-1955. Slovenia, Brezje pri Tržiču, 684m a.s.l., beech-pine mixed forest, from soil, 14.04.2006. DL+KJ.
Distribution: Europe.
Uroobovella pulchella (Berlese, 1904)
(Figs 3-4)
New records: E-1957. Slovenia, Golnik, 460m a.s.l., mixed beech forest, from moss, 14.04.2006. DL+KJ.
Distribution: Central-Europe.
Dinychus bincheaecarinatus Hirschmann, Wagrowska-Adamczyk & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1984
Figs 3-4: Uroobovella pulchella (Berlese, 1904): 3: dorsal view; 4: sternal region.
New records: E-2457. Slovenia, (Sirex), Slovenske Gorice, Slavsina, beech forest 284m a.s.l., N46°31.996'E15°57.631', 25.06.2008. DL+KJ+MD.
Distribution: Germany, France, Slovakia, Hungary.
Uropodidae
Cilliba cassidea (Hermann, 1804)
(Fig. 5)
New records: E-2466. Slovenia, Ribčev Laz, leaf litter near the lake Bohinjsko jezero, 03.09.2008. KJ., E-2463. Slovenia, Triglav NP., Koča pri Peričniku, near to the Peričnik waterfall, N 46°26'22.91"E 13°53'37.28", 843m a.s.l., beech forest, leaf litter, 02.08.2008. DL., E-1951. Slovenia, Potoče, near the river Kokra from leaf litter, 13.04.2006. DL+KJ.
Distribution: Europe.
Cilliba erlangensis (Hirschmann & Zirnbiegl-Nicol, 1969) (Fig. 6)
New records: E-1951. Slovenia, Potoče, near the river Kokra from leaf litter, 13.04.2006. DL+KJ.
Distribution: Central-Europe.
Neodiscopoma pulcherrima (Berlese, 1903)
(Fig. 7)
Figs 5-8: Scanning micrographs of Uropodina species from Slovenia: 5: ventral view of Cilliba cassidea (Hermann, 1804); 6: ventral view of Cilliba erlangensis (Hirschmann & Zirnbiegl-Nicol, 1969); 7: dorsal view of Neodiscopoma pulcherri-ma (Berlese, 1903), 8: dorsal view of Neodiscopoma splendida (Kramer, 1882).
New records: E-2466. Slovenia, Ribčev Laz, leaf litter near the lake Bohinjsko jezero, 03.09.2008. KJ., E-2457. Slovenia, (Sirex), Slovenske Gorice, Slavsina, beech forest 284m a.s.l., N46°31.996'E15°57.631', 25.06.2008. DL+KJ+MD., E-2458. Slovenia, (Sirex), Slovenske Gorice, Slavsina, beech forest 284m a.s.l., N46°31.996'E15°57.631', 25.06.2008. DL+KJ+MD., E-2463. Slovenia, Triglav
NP., Koča pri Peričniku, near to the Peričnik waterfall, N 46°26'22.91"E 13°53'37.28", 843m a.s.l., beech forest, leaf litter, 02.08.2008. DL., E-2470. Slovenia, Goreljek, leaf litter, 02.09.2008. KJ., E-2461. Slovenia, Triglav NP., Koča pri Peričniku, Triglavska stream (Bistrica), N 46 °25,681'E 13° 52,548', 1046m a.s.l., beech forest, leaf litter, 02.08.2008. DL., E-1956. Slovenia, near Zgornje Jezersko, beech forest, from leaf litter, 13.04.2006. DL+KJ., E-1953. Slovenia, Gozd Martuljek, beech forest, from soil, 13.04.2006. DL+KJ.
Distribution: Europe.
Neodiscopoma splendida (Kramer, 1882) (Fig. 8)
New records: E-2463. Slovenia, Triglav NP., Koča pri Peričniku, near to the Peričnik waterfall, N 46°26'22.91"E 13°53'37.28", 843m a.s.l., beech forest, leaf litter, 02.08.2008. DL.
Distribution: Europe.
Discussion
The listed Uropodina species were collected in the Western and Eastern part of Slovenia (Fig. 9). Two of them (T. minima and T. mystacinus) are typical mountain elements, these are distributed in the Alps, the Carpathians and the Dinarids, and they were collected in Julijske Alpe and Karavanke. Other species also occur in the higher and lower mountains and the plains of Europe. They were found in mentioned two mountain chains (Julijske Alpe and Karavanke). One species (P. patavinus) was found near the sea shore and two species (N. pulcherrima and D. bincheaecarinatus) were collected in the plains of Slovenia.
Acknowledgements
This research was supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA 72744).
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Received / Prejeto: 11. 6. 2009