Proctolaelaps epuraeae (Hirschmann, 1962)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Lasioseius epuraeae Hirschmann, 1951:197 (MS name); Proctolaelaps epuraeae Hirschmann, 1962:30; Garmania epuraeae (Hirschmann, 1962) [(Westerboer, 1963:278)]; Garmania (Garmania) epuraeae (Hirschmann, 1962) [(Westerboer, 1963:374)]; Proctolaelaps epuraeae (Hirschmann, 1962) [(Karg 1971:242, 1993:240; Gwiazdowicz, 2007:107; de Moraes et al., 2016:211)]; Proctolaelaps (Proctolaelaps) epuraeae (Hirschmann, 1962) [(Karg 1985:191, 1988:447)]; Proctolaelaps arctorotundus Nikolsky, 1984 [(Mašán, 2022)]
Proctolaelaps arctorotundus was synonymised with P. epuraeae by (Mašán, 2022).
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (Joharchi et al., 2021)
The species had been reported in the literature (e.g. Karg, 1993) since the type series was collected from Germany, but with the exception of (Saloña et al., 2010) which they did not cite at all, these were considered invalid records by (Joharchi et al., 2021) due to the insufficient original description and the lack of comparative material. Joharchi et al. (2021) reported the global rediscovery of the species, which had therefore previously only been "known only from the type series" (Ibid., p. 327).
Distribution
Germany, Russia (Western Siberia) & Slovakia
Originally reported from Germany (Hirschmann, 1962; Westerboer, 1963; de Moraes et al., 2016).The species was reported as globally rediscovered from Western Siberia (Joharchi et al., 2021). An historical record from Slovakia has been found to represent a misidentified specimen, but a new record confirms its existence there (Mašán, 2022).
Biology & Ecology
A parasite, with host records including Epuraea fuscicollis (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) (Hirschmann, 1962) and Cucujus sp. (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) (Joharchi et al., 2021).
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hirschmann, W. (1962). Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 5. Gamasiden Ruckenhaarbesttimmungstafeln von 260 Typhlodromus-Arten der Erde. Gange, Chaetotaxie Porotaxie, Mundwerkzeuge von Typhlodromus und verwandten Gattungen von Proctolaelaps, Melichares, Lasioseius, Iphidozercon, Sejus, Rhodacarellus, Rhodacarus, Gamasellus, Veigaia, Macrocheles ivanovi. Erstversuch der Aufstellung eines Gangsystems der Gamasiden aufgrund der Gnathosomaunterseite. Acarologie. Schriftenreihe fur Verglenchende Milbenkunde. 5: 1-56.
Other references:
de Moraes, G. J, Britto, E. P. J, de Mineiro, J. L. C. and Halliday, B. (2016). Catalogue of the mite families Ascidae Voigts & Oudemans, Blattisociidae Garman and Melicharidae Hirschmann (Acaria: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa. 4112: 1-299.
Gwiazdowicz, D. J. (2007). Ascid mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) from selected forest ecosystems and microhabitats in Poland. Poznan: Wydawnictwo Akademii Rolniczej Im. Augusta Cieszkowskiego. p. 248.
Hirschmann, W. (1951). Subcorticale Parasitiformes und die Gattung Digamasellus Berlese 1905 [Doctorate Thesis]. Nurnberg (BY): Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultat der Friedrich-AlexanderUniversitat Erlangen. p. 264. 622 figures.
Karg, W. (1971). Acari (Acarina), Milben, Unterordnung Anactinochaeta (Parasitiformes). Die freilebenden Gamasina (Gamasides), Raub-milben. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. 59: 1-475.
Karg, W. (1985). Die Raubmilbengattung Proctolaelaps Berlese, 1923. Zoologische Jahrbucher Abteilung fűr Systematik. Őkologie und Geographie der Tiere. 112: 185-206.
Karg, W. (1988). Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Proctolaelaps Berlese, 1923 (Acarina, Parasitiformes). Zoologische Jahrbűcher Abteilung fűr Systematik. Őkologie und Geographie der Tiere. 115: 441-454.
Karg, W. (1993). Acari (Acarina), Milben Parasitiformes (Anactinochaeta) Cohors Gamasina Leach, Raubmilben. Stuttgart (New York): Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena. p. 523. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und ihrer Lebensweise. Teil 59. 2., uberarbeitete Auflage.
Joharchi, Omid, Döker, Ismail and Khaustov, Vladimir A. (2021). Rediscovery of two gamasid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with beetles in Western Siberia, Russia. International Journal of Acarology 47(4): 327-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2021.1912178
Mašán, Peter. (2022). The family Melicharidae (Acari, Mesostigmata) in Slovakia, with description of new species, annotated faunal synopsis and identification keys of species from Europe. Zootaxa 5172(1): 1-449. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5172.1.1
Saloña, Marta I. et al. (2010). Searching the Soil: Forensic Importance of Edaphic Fauna After the Removal of a Corpse. Journal of Forensic Sciences 55(6): 1652-1655. doi:10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01506.x.
Westerboer, I. (1963). Die Familie Podocinidae Berlese 1916. Abschnitt IV. In: Stammer HJ, editor. Beiträge zur Systematik und Őkologie mitteleuropäischer Acarina. Band II. Mesostigmata I. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Geest and Portig K.- G. p. 179-450.