A review of oribatid mites of the family Oribatellidae (Acariformes,Oribatida) from the Caucasus

The paper summarizes the data on oribatid mites of the family Oribatellidae Jacot, 1925 from the Caucasus. The redescriptions of the genus Ferolocella Grabovsky, 1971 = Gendzella Kuliev, 1977 (Subías, 2004), the subgenus Multoribatella, the endemic species Ferolocella cribraria (Kuliev, 1977), and the new species Oribatella abdurachmanovi from mountain Daghestan are given. Two species are synonymized (Ferolocella cribraria Kuliev, 1977 = Oribatella sitnikovae Dzaparidze, 1989, syn. n. and Oribatella foliata Krivolutsky, 1974 = Oribatella brevipila Bernini, 1977, syn. n.). The species Oribatella bulanovae Kuliev, 1962; O. reticulata Berlese, 1916; O. asiatica Krivolutsky, 1974; O. foliata, O. (M.) colchica Krivolutsky, 1974; and O. (M.) nigra Kuliev, 1967 are redescribed. Original illustrations of O. heterodentata Karppinen et Shtanchaeva, 1987; O. krivolutskyi Karppinen et Shtanchaeva, 1987; O. sexdentata Berlese, 1916; O. exilicornis Berlese, 1910; O. cf. calcarata (C.L. Koch, 1836) and O. cf. foliata, demonstrating some differences from the nominotypical species, are given. The diagnoses, differential diagnoses, and keys to the Caucasian species of Joelia Oudemans, 1906 and Oribatella Banks, 1895 are presented. The distribution of Oribatellidae species in the territory of the Caucasus is shown.