معرفی کنه‌های اریباتید براکی‌پایلین (Acari: Oribatida) از شهرستان مرودشت، استان فارس، ایران

Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida, also called beetle mites, armored mites or moss mites) include more than 11,000 named species and subspecies in 166 families. Most of the oribatid mites live in soil and plant litters, although some are arboreal and a few are aquatic. The body color of these mites is determined by the hardness of the body, which can range from dull white to black. These mites form a colony in the soil as predators and fungivorous and are important in the cycle of minerals in the soil. Also, these mites act as bioindicators or health index of the environment. One group of oribatd mites known as brachypiline or higher oribatid mites, couldn’t bend the prodorsum under the notogaster region and tibiae and genua are different in the shape and size. In the faunistic survey of brachypyline oribatid mites in Marvdasht (Fars Province), which conducted during 2021-2023, in total 11 families, 18 genera and 26 species were identified. The list of identified species according to genera and family is as follow:
Galumna (G.) iranensis Mahunka & Akrami, 2001, Galumna (G.) karajica Mahunka & Akrami, 2001, Galumna (G.) flabellifera Hammer, 1958, Pilogalumna tenuiclava (Berlese, 1908), Psammogalumna sp., Pergalumna sp. (Galumnidae). Scheloribates (S.) fimbriatus Thor, 1930, Scheloribates sp. (Scheloribatidae). Protoribates (P.) paracapucinus (Mahunka, 1988) (Protoribatidae). Eremulus flagellifer Berlese, 1908 (Eremulidae). Jacotella frondeus (Kulijev, 1979) (Gymnodamaeidae). Ramusella (Insculptoppia) insculpta (Paoli, 1908), Ramusella (R.) sengbuschi sengbuschi Hammer, 1968, Ramusella puertomonttensis Hammer, 1962, Ramusella sp., Anomaloppia iranica Bayartogtokh & Akrami, 2000, Graptoppia (G.) sundensis (Hammer, 1979), Rhinoppia sp., Corynoppia sp. (Oppiidae). Fosseremus laciniatus (Berlese, 1905) (Damaeolidae). Tectocepheus velatus (Michael, 1880), Tectocepheus minor Berlese, 1903 (Tectocepheoidea). Oribatula (Zygoribatula) connexa Berlese, 1904, Oribatula (Oribatula) sp. (Oribatulidae). Belba sp. (Damaeidae). Zetomotrichus lacrimans Grandjean, 1934 (Zetomotrichidae).