taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B98783FFDDFFA3FF26F902FB12FCA4.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Oribatodes mirabilis Banks, 1895 Generic diagnosis. Adult. With character states of Cepheusidae (e. g., Sitnikova 1975; Bernini & Bernini 1990; Weigmann 2006; Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009). Body size: Medium-sized to large (length about 400 – 1000). Integument: Body and legs covered by layer of gel-like cerotegument, sometimes with bacillar, granulate and tuberculate inclusions. Prodorsum usually foveolate; notogaster without heavy sculpturing, but with simple foveolae which often forming reticulate or polygonate ornamentation; anogenital region with ridges, depressions and foveolae. Prodorsum: Rostrum rounded or narrowly triangular. Lamella broad, distinctly not reaching rostrum, with short cusp having lateral tooth. Translamella absent. Prolamella present or absent. Tutorium present, ridge-like. Rostral and lamellar setae medium-sized / long, setiform, with or without flagellate tip; interlamellar seta medium-sized / long, setiform / robust; bothridial seta with long stalk and slightly developed, barbed and / or shortly ciliate head; exobothridial seta absent. Interbothridial and postbothridial tubercles absent. Dorsosejugal porose area, dorsophragma and pleurophragma absent. Notogaster: Anterior notogastral margin well developed, distinctly convex medially, rarely straight. Humeral region with short tubercle-like process. Pteromorph and octotaxic system absent. Ten pairs of notogastral setae (centrodorsal part of notogaster without setae) short / medium-sized / long, mostly setiform, but sometimes some setae bacilliform or slightly phylliform. Gnathosoma. Subcapitulum diarthric. All subcapitular setae setiform. Palp with setation: 0 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 9 (+ ω); solenidion bacilliform, coupled with eupathidium mediodistally. Axillary saccule absent. Chelicera chelate-dentate, with two setae. Epimeral and lateral podosomal regions: Epimeral setal formula: 3 - 1 - 3 - 3; epimeral setae comparatively short, setiform. Pedotectum I represented by large scale, pedotectum II represented by small scale. Humeral porose area not observed. Discidium and circumpedal carina present. Anogenital region: Six pairs of genital, one pair of aggenital, two pairs of anal, and three pairs of adanal setae comparatively short, setiform. Marginal porose area absent. Adanal lyrifissure distanced from anal plate. Legs: All legs monodactylous. Porose areas present on all femora and on trochanters III, IV.	en	Ermilov, Sergey G., Bayartogtokh, Badamdorj (2024): Contribution to knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Oribatodes (Acari, Oribatida, Cepheusidae), with supplementary descriptions of two species and data on juvenile instars. Zootaxa 5485 (1): 73-91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.8
03B98783FFDEFFA9FF26FC8EFA89F953.taxon	description	(Figs 1 – 6)	en	Ermilov, Sergey G., Bayartogtokh, Badamdorj (2024): Contribution to knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Oribatodes (Acari, Oribatida, Cepheusidae), with supplementary descriptions of two species and data on juvenile instars. Zootaxa 5485 (1): 73-91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.8
03B98783FFDEFFA9FF26FC8EFA89F953.taxon	materials_examined	Material. Nine adults and four nymphs (one deutonymph, three tritonymphs): USA, New York, Onondaga Co., Cicero Game Management Area, 43 º 08.869 ' N, 76 º 02.873 ' W, sphagnum moss in bog, 15. X. 1994 (leg. R. A. Norton). Five adults: USA, Wisconsin, Kenosha Co., Salem, Silver Lake, sphagnum moss in bog, 23. XI. 1978 (leg. W. Suter). Adults were compared indirectly with the type specimen of Nathan Banks (they were compared with specimens that had been previously compared directly to the type; pers. com. Roy A. Norton). The material (adults and juvenile instars) is deposited in the collection of the Tyumen State University Museum of Zoology, Tyumen, Russia. All specimens are preserved in 70 % solution of ethanol with a drop of glycerol. Main morphological traits. Adult. Body length: 630 – 750. Rostrum narrowly triangular. Prolamella present, pair directed anteriorly, separated and close to each other. Rostral and lamellar setae setiform, with short flagellate tip, barbed; interlamellar seta robust, barbed; bothridial seta with long stalk and short, slightly developed head having barbs and short ciliae. Notogastral foveolae rounded, oval or polygonate. Notogastral setae c, la, lm, lp, h 2, h 3, p 2, p 3 setiform, barbed (h 2, h 3 ˃ lp ˃ c, la, lm ˃ p 2 ˃ p 3); h 1, p 1 bacilliform, heavily barbed; dorsal setae inserted on two longitudinal carinae. Leg trochanters III and IV with tooth dorsoanteriorly. Supplementary description of adult. Measurements. Body length: 630 – 750; notogastral width: 450 – 585. Sex not identified. Integument (Figs 1 A – E; 5 A – D; 6 A, B). Body color brown to dark brown. Body and legs covered by thick layer of gel-like cerotegument with bacillar and microgranulate inclusions. Surface microgranulate sculpturing; notogaster with large rounded, oval or polygonal foveolae forming typical foveolate-reticulate ornamentation; prodorsum (except rostrum and basal part), lamella, pedotectum I, lateral part of epimere I with medium-sized foveolae; lateral part of body between notogaster and acetabula II, III densely tuberculate; anogenital region with ridges and depressions. Prodorsum (Figs 1 A, B, D; 5 A, C; 6 A, B). Rostrum narrowly triangular. Lamellar cusp with small lateral tooth. Translamella absent. Prolamella simple, pair directed anteriorly, separated and close to each other. Transverse convex ridge located between rostral region and prolamellae. Tutorium ridge-like, heavily spinose dorsally. Rostral (67 – 79) and lamellar (90 – 101) setae setiform, with short flagellate tip, barbed; interlamellar seta (97 – 101) robust, barbed; bothridial seta (94 – 101) with long stalk and short, slightly developed head having barbs and short ciliae; exobothridial seta not observable. Notogaster (Figs 1 A, D, E; 5 A, C, D; 6 A, B). Humeral process well defined. One pair of longitudinal carinae beginning from anterior notogastral margin and stretches along the insertions of dorsal setae (well developed between c and la; poorly observed between la and h 2). Notogastral setae (c, la, lm: 60 – 75; lp: 101 – 112; h 2, h 3: 131 – 139; p 2: 56 – 64; p 3: 49 – 56) setiform, barbed; h 1 (37 – 41) and p 1 (49 – 52) bacilliform, heavily barbed. Opisthonotal gland opening and all lyrifissures distinct (except ia not observable in dorsal view). Gnathosoma (Figs 1 A, D; 5 B). Similar to O. reticulatus. Subcapitulum size: 131 – 135 × 97 – 101; subcapitular setae (a: 32 – 37; m: 19 – 22; h: 28 – 30) setiform, roughened; both adoral setae (9) setiform, smooth. Palp length: 82 – 86; postpalpal seta (9) spiniform, smooth. Chelicera length: 131 – 135; setae (cha: 37 – 41; chb: 22 – 24) setiform, barbed. Epimeral and podosomal regions (Figs 1 C, D; 5 B, C). All epimeral setae (3 c, 4 c: 41 – 45; 1 b, 3 b, 4 a: 26 – 30; 4 b: 22 – 26; 1 c: 19 – 22; 1 a, 2 a, 3 a: 15 – 19) setiform, roughened. Discidium elongate triangular, rounded distally. Circumpedal carina originating near posterior margin of acetabulum IV, then curving to approach circumgastric scissure asymptotically. Anogenital region (Figs 1 C – E; 5 B). Genital (26 – 34), aggenital (22 – 26), anal (19 – 26), and adanal (22 – 26) setae setiform, roughened. Adanal lyrifissure distinct. Legs (Figs 5 B, C; 6 A). Generally, similar to O. reticulatus.	en	Ermilov, Sergey G., Bayartogtokh, Badamdorj (2024): Contribution to knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Oribatodes (Acari, Oribatida, Cepheusidae), with supplementary descriptions of two species and data on juvenile instars. Zootaxa 5485 (1): 73-91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.8
03B98783FFDEFFA9FF26FC8EFA89F953.taxon	description	Description of deuto- and tritonymphs. Measurements. Total length: 465 (deutonymph), 570 – 615 (tritonymphs); total width: 345 (deutonymph), 435 – 450 (tritonymphs). Integument (Figs 2, 3 A, B). Body colorless with a yellowish tint. Body surface indistinctly porose covering by gel-like cerotegument with bacillar and tuberculate inclusions. Exuvial scalps foveolate. Prodorsum (Fig. 2). About 1 / 3 of gastronotic region (in lateral aspect). Rostrum rounded. Rostral seta (Dn: 67; Tn: 64 – 75) setiform, barbed, inserted on tubercle; lamellar seta (Dn: more than 140; Tn: more than 170) subflagellate, barbed, inserted on tubercle; interlamellar seta (Dn, Tn: 6) spiniform, smooth, located on tubercle; bothridial seta (Dn: more than 140; Tn: more than 170) subflagellate, barbed; exobothridial seta (Dn: 37; Tn: 41 – 52) setiform, slightly barbed. Gastronotic region (Figs 2, 3 A, B). Exuvial scalps found in all nymphs, with nine or ten pairs of setae (c 1, c 2, da, dm, dp, la, lm, lp, h 2 in La, Pn; c 1, c 2, c 3, la, lm, lp, h 1, h 2, h 3, p 1 in Dn, Tn); all setae of larval scalp setiform, setae of protonymphal scalp setiform, with short flagellate tip (except simple c 1, c 2), setae of deutonymphal scalp subflagellate (except setiform c 2). Gastronotic setae c 1, c 3, la, lm, lp, h 1, h 2, h 3 p 1 very long (more than 200 in Dn, more than 300 in Tn), flagellate, barbed, often broken; p 2 (Dn: 150; Tn: 205), p 3 (Dn: 82; Tn: 157 – 165) setiform, with short flagellate tip; c 2 (Dn: 150; Tn: 169 – 184) setiform, barbed; all setae except p 2, p 3 inserted on large trapezoid apophyses. Opisthonotal gland opening and all cupules distinct in transmitted light. Gnathosoma. Similar to that of adult. Epimeral region (Figs 3 A, B). Epimeral setal formula: Dn: 3 - 1 - 2 - 2; Tn: 3 - 1 - 3 - 3; all setae in Dn (1 a, 1 c, 2 a, 3 a: 17 – 19; others: 26 – 30) and Tn (1 a, 1 c, 2 a, 3 a: 19 – 22; 1 b, 3 b: 41 – 45; others: 30 – 34) setiform, slightly barbed. Anogenital region (Figs 3 A, B). Genital (Dn: 26; Tn: 34 – 37), aggenital (Dn: 26; Tn: 34 – 37), anal (Tn: 26 – 30), and adanal (Dn: 26; Tn: 34 – 37) setae setiform, slightly barbed. Adanal cupule distinct; anal cupule not observable. Legs (Figs 4 A – D). Claw of each leg strong, slightly barbed on dorsal side. Formulas of leg setation and solenidia: Dn: I (0 - 4 - 3 - 4 - 16) [1 - 2 - 2], II (0 - 4 - 3 - 4 - 13) [1 - 1 - 2], III (1 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 13) [1 - 1 - 0], IV (0 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 12) [0 - 1 - 0]; Tn: I (1 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 18) [1 - 2 - 2], II (1 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 15) [1 - 1 - 2], III (2 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 15) [1 - 1 - 0], IV (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 12) [0 - 1 - 0]; homology of setae and solenidia indicated in Table 1. Note: Roman letters refer to normal setae, Greek letters refer to solenidia (except ɛ — famulus), d φ and d σ — seta and solenidion coupled. One apostrophe (’) marks setae on anterior and double apostrophe (”) setae on posterior side of the given leg segment. Parentheses refer to a pair of setae. * — Leg setation in tritonymph of O. reticulatus unknown.	en	Ermilov, Sergey G., Bayartogtokh, Badamdorj (2024): Contribution to knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Oribatodes (Acari, Oribatida, Cepheusidae), with supplementary descriptions of two species and data on juvenile instars. Zootaxa 5485 (1): 73-91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.8
03B98783FFD4FFAFFF26F8C1FDB8FB46.taxon	description	(Figs 7 – 12)	en	Ermilov, Sergey G., Bayartogtokh, Badamdorj (2024): Contribution to knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Oribatodes (Acari, Oribatida, Cepheusidae), with supplementary descriptions of two species and data on juvenile instars. Zootaxa 5485 (1): 73-91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.8
03B98783FFD4FFAFFF26F8C1FDB8FB46.taxon	materials_examined	Material. Eleven adults and one deutonymph: Panama, Chiriqui Province, Finca Lenida, near Boquete Casita Alta, ca. 690 m elev., debris in damp ravine, 17. III. 1959 (leg. H. S. Dybas). As “ Oribatodes? sp. ” in the personal collection of Roy A. Norton. The material (adults and deutonymph) is deposited in the collection of the Tyumen State University Museum of Zoology, Tyumen, Russia. All specimens are preserved in 70 % solution of ethanol with a drop of glycerol. Main morphological traits. Adult. Body length: 630 – 690. Rostrum rounded. Prolamella present, pair fused anteriorly. Rostral and lamellar setae setiform, with short flagellate tip, barbed; interlamellar seta setiform, barbed; bothridial seta with long stalk and short, slightly developed head having barbs and short ciliae. Notogastral foveolae rounded. Notogastral setae medium-sized, setiform, barbed. Pedotectum I with small tubercles (not foveolate). Leg trochanters III and IV with tooth dorsoanteriorly. Supplementary description of adult. Measurements. Body length: 630 – 690; notogastral width: 495 – 540. Gender not identified. Integument (Figs 7 A – E; 11 A – D; 12 A, B). Body color brown to dark brown. Body and legs covered by thick layer of gel-like cerotegument with microgranulate inclusions. Surface microgranulate sculpturing; notogaster with large rounded foveolae forming typical foveolate-reticulate ornamentation; prodorsum (except rostrum and basal part), lamella, lateral part of epimere I with medium-sized foveolae; pedotectum I with small tubercles (not foveolate); lateral part of body between notogaster and acetabula II, III densely tuberculate; anogenital region with ridges and depressions. Prodorsum (Figs 7 A, B, D; 11 A, C; 12 A, B). Rostrum rounded, with thin convex carina connecting insertions of rostral setae. Lamellar cusp with small lateral tooth. Translamella absent. Prolamella simple, pair fused anteriorly. Interlamellar region with longitudinal, elongate triangular ridge. Tutorium ridge-like, heavily spinose dorsally. Rostral (82 – 90) and lamellar (123 – 150) setae setiform, with short flagellate tip, barbed; interlamellar seta (60 – 67) setiform, barbed; bothridial seta (112 – 123) with long stalk and short, slightly developed head having barbs and short ciliae; exobothridial seta not observable. Notogaster (Figs 7 A, D, E; 11 A, C, D; 12 A). Humeral process well defined. All notogastral setae (c, la, lm, lp, h 2, h 3: 60 – 67; h 1, p 1, p 2, p 3: 41 – 52) setiform, barbed. Opisthonotal gland opening and all lyrifissures distinct (except ia not observable in dorsal view). Gnathosoma (Figs 8 A – C; 11 B). Subcapitulum size: 142 – 150 × 105 – 120; subcapitular setae (a, h: 26 – 30; m: 19) setiform, roughened; both adoral setae (9 – 11) setiform, smooth. Palp length: 82 – 86; postpalpal seta (11) spiniform, smooth. Chelicera length: 142 – 150; setae (cha: 41 – 43; chb: 22 – 26) setiform, barbed. Epimeral and podosomal regions (Figs 7 C, D; 11 B, C). All epimeral setae (3 c, 4 c: 34 – 41; 1 b, 3 b, 4 a, 4 b: 19 – 26; 1 a, 1 c, 2 a, 3 a: 11) setiform, roughened. Discidium elongate triangular, rounded distally. Circumpedal carina originating near posterior margin of acetabulum IV, then curving to approach circumgastric scissure asymptotically. Anogenital region (Figs 7 C – E; 11 B). Genital, aggenital, anal, and adanal setae (22 – 26) setae setiform, roughened. Adanal lyrifissure distinct. Legs (Figs 8 D – G; 11 B, C; 12 A). Claw of each leg strong, slightly barbed on dorsal side. Trochanters III and IV with long tooth-like process dorsoanteriorly. Dorsoparaxial porose area on femora I – IV and on trochanters III, IV well visible. Formulas of leg setation and solenidia: I (1 - 5 - 3 - 4 - 20) [1 - 2 - 2], II (1 - 4 - 3 - 4 - 16) [1 - 1 - 2], III (2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 15) [1 - 1 - 0], IV (1 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 12) [0 - 1 - 0]; homology of setae and solenidia indicated in Table 1. Famulus short, slightly swollen and blunt distally, located posterior to solenidia ω 1 and ω 2; seta ft ” specifically bent in the middle; seta s eupathidial; solenidion φ 1 on tibia I long, subflagellate versus other solenidia short or medium-sized, rod-like or slightly bacilliform.	en	Ermilov, Sergey G., Bayartogtokh, Badamdorj (2024): Contribution to knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Oribatodes (Acari, Oribatida, Cepheusidae), with supplementary descriptions of two species and data on juvenile instars. Zootaxa 5485 (1): 73-91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.8
03B98783FFD4FFAFFF26F8C1FDB8FB46.taxon	description	Description of deutonymph. Measurements. Total length: 435; total width: 315. Integument (Figs 9 A – C). Body colorless with a yellowish tint. Body surface indistinctly porose covering by gel-like cerotegument with bacillar and tuberculate inclusions. Prodorsum (Figs 9 A, C). About 1 / 2 of gastronotic region (in lateral aspect). Rostrum rounded. Rostral (64) and lamellar setae setiform, barbed, inserted on tubercles; interlamellar seta (7) spiniform, smooth, located on tubercle; bothridial seta (150) setiform, with flagellate tip, barbed; exobothridial seta (37) setiform, slightly barbed. Gastronotic region (Figs 9 A, C). Exuvial scalps not found. Gastronotic setae c 1, c 3, la, lm, lp, h 1, h 2, h 3 very long (more 400), subflagellate, barbed, often broken; c 2 (37), p 1 (94), p 2 (79), p 3 (56) setiform, barbed; all setae except p 2, p 3 inserted on large trapezoid apophyses. Opisthonotal gland opening and all cupules distinct in transmitted light. Gnathosoma (Fig. 9 B). Similar to that to adult. Epimeral region (Figs 9 B, C). Epimeral setal formula: 3 - 1 - 2 - 2; all setae (17 – 22) setiform, slightly barbed. Anogenital region (Figs 9 B, C). Genital, aggenital and adanal setae (17 – 22) setiform, slightly barbed. Adanal cupule distinct; anal cupule not observable. Legs (Figs 10 A – D). Claw of each leg strong, slightly barbed on dorsal side. Formulas of leg setation and solenidia: I (0 - 4 - 3 - 4 - 16) [1 - 2 - 2], II (0 - 4 - 3 - 4 - 13) [1 - 1 - 2], III (1 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 13) [1 - 1 - 0], IV (0 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 12) [0 - 1 - 0]; homology of setae and solenidia indicated in Table 1.	en	Ermilov, Sergey G., Bayartogtokh, Badamdorj (2024): Contribution to knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Oribatodes (Acari, Oribatida, Cepheusidae), with supplementary descriptions of two species and data on juvenile instars. Zootaxa 5485 (1): 73-91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5485.1.8
