Nothrid mites (Acari: Oribatida: Nothridae) in the collection of the State Museum of Natural History of NAS of Ukraine

Abstract

According to current data, the world fauna of mites of the family Nothridae is represented by 3 genera and 98 species [26]. 7 species are known for Ukraine, and all of them are presented in the collection of the State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. This is a material that was collected by Serhiienko M.I., Melamud V.V., Kaprus I.Y., Susulovskyi A.S., Vozniak I.R., Kazakov V.I., Hushtan H.H. during 1980-2014, in the territories of Ukraine and Poland. The purpose of our work was to compile a catalog of the collection of Nothridae of the State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. This generalization for Nothridae was made for the first time. The article is a catalog of oribatid mites of the Nothridae family of the collection of the State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Lviv, Ukraine). The article contains information about 62 storage units (micropreparations) of Oribatida, belonging to 7 species (Nothrus anauniensis Canestrini & Fanzago, 1876, Nothrus biciliatus Koch, 1841, Nothrus borussicus Sellnick, 1928, Nothrus lucunosus Sergienko & Melamud, 1993, Nothrus palustris Koch, 1839, Nothrus pratensis Sellnick, 1928, Nothrus silvestris Nicolet, 1855. In total, the collection contains 305 specimens. For each species there is an inventory number, place and date of discovery, biotope, who collected and identified the material. The material is collected from the following regions: Stryiskyi, Skolivskyi, Lvivskyi, Sambirskyi, Mykolaivskyi, Yavorivskyi, Zolochivskyi, Zhovkivskyi district, Lvivska region (Ukraine); Vynohradivskyi, Uzhhorodskyi, Mukachivskyi, Irshavskyi, Tiachivskyi, Mizhhirskyi, Berehivskyi, Rakhivskyi district, Zakarpatska region (Ukraine); Nadvirnianskyi district, Ivano-Frankivska region (Ukraine); Berezhanskyi district, Ternopilska region (Ukraine); Kamianets-Podilskyi district, Khmelnytska region (Ukraine); Nyzhni Ustryky (Poland). A map of armor mite finds in the collection of the State Museum of Natural History is presented.