A guide to Oribatid Identification for the ABMI: - Royal Alberta Museum

Almanac of Alberta Oribatida 2.3 13 January 20136 (5) Notogaster narrow, subcylindrical (Fig. 1.6.1A, 1.6.2); ventral plate present and dividedbetween genital and anal shields (Fig. 1.6.2); 2 pairs of exobothridial setae (setae are oftensmall and difficlut to see); monodactyl .......................... Mixonomatides, Epilohmannioidea- Body more or less flattened and rectangular to oval in outline (Fig. 1.6.1B,C); ventral plateabsent; 0-1 pair of exobothridial setae; 1-3 claws .......................................................................Desmonomatides, Nothrina (pars), Crotonioidea (Malaconothridae, Trhypochthoniidae)Figure 1.6.1Figure 1.6.222