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http://dx.doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2019.8.2.233

Redescription of Veigaia tibbetsi Farrier, 1957 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Veigaiidae) based on the specimens found from the Korean Peninsula

Keum, Eunsun (Silkworm and Insect Management Center, Agricultural Resource Management Institute, Gyeongbuk Provincial Government)
Jung, Chuleui (Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University)

Publication Information

Journal of Species Research / v.8, no.2, 2019 , pp. 233-237 More about this Journal

Abstract

Mites in the family Veigaiidae, order Mesostigmata, subclass Acari are widely distributed in subsoil habitats. They are mostly free-living and predaceous on small arthropod eggs and larvae, and prefer habitats with rich organic matters including litter and humus layers of forest soil. The genus Veigaia Oudemans, 1905 of the family Veigaiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) is one of the ubiquitous genera from the Holarctic Region. Until now, only two genera and five species of the family were recorded from Korea. Here we provide a report of the species Veigaia tibbetsi Farrier, 1957 with detailed redescription. Even though V. tibbetsi had appeared in some ecological literature, this is the first record of this species in Republic of Korea. This species was mostly found from pine forest(Pinus densiflora) of northeastern mountainous parts of the Korean Peninsula, in Gangwon and Gyeongbuk Provinces. We provided some ecological characteristics of the family Veigaiidae, which will help to further exploration of acarine biodiversity.

Keywords

acarine diversity; forest; redescription; soil; Veigaiidae;

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