Original article KOREAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY 한국응용곤충학회지 ⓒ The Korean Society of Applied Entomology Korean J. Appl. Entomol. 52(2): 79-83 (2013) pISSN 1225-0171, eISSN 2287-545X DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5656/KSAE.2013.02.1.085 A New Record of Oribatid Mite Species, Punctoribates hexagonus Berlese, 1908 (Acari: Oribatida: Mycobatidae) in Korea Ji won Kim, Badamdorj Bayartogtokh 1 and Chuleui Jung* Department of Bioresource Sciences, Graduate School, Andong National University, Andong 760-749, Republic of Korea 1 Department of Zoology, School of Biology and Biotechnology, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 210646, Mongolia 한국산 날개응애 미기록종, Punctoribates hexagonus Berlese, 1908 (응애아강: 날개응애목: 사다리응애과)의 보고 김지원ㆍ바야르톡톡 1 ㆍ정철의* 안동대학교 대학원 생명자원과학과, 1 몽골국립대학교 동물학과 ABSTRACT: From the soil samples at Seonginbong in Ulleung Island, Gyeongbuk, Korea, Punctoribates hexagonus Berlese, 1908 is found for the first time in Korea. A diagnostic description of this species with detailed illustration and data on its geographical distribution are presented. Key words: Taxonomy, Oribatida, Mycobatidae, Punctoribates hexagonus, Korea 초 록: 울릉도 성인봉의 토양 시료에서 발견한 육각사다리응애 (신칭, Punctoribates hexagonus Brelese, 1908)를 국내에서 처음으로 보고한다. 이 종의 형태적 특징을 기재하고 지리적 분포 정보를 제시한다. 검색어: 분류, 날개응애목, 사다리응애과, 육각사다리응애 (신칭), 한국 *Corresponding author: cjung@andong.ac.kr Received December 16 2012; Revised February 20 2013 Accepted February 25 2013 The oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) are associated with organic matter in most terrestrial ecosystem. They are one of the most numerically dominant arthropod groups in the organic horizons of most soils (Behan-Pelletier, 1999). Punctoribates Berlese, 1908 is a small genus in the family Mycobatidae, having 26 known species distributed worldwide (Bayartogtokh et al., 2000). Adults are small ball-shaped. They are mostly live in the leaf litter and upper soil horizon in terrestrial ecosystem (Rajski, 1968; Seniczak et al., 2006). However, some of them, such as Punctoribates sellnicki Willmann, 1928 live in wet habitats, including Sphagnum and other mosses at the edge of lakes (Seniczak and Seniczak, 2008). Two species of Punctoribates, P. punctum C. L. Koch, 1839 and P. insignis Berlese, 1910 have been recorded so far in Korea. The first species, P. punctum is mostly found in litter and soil of forest (Jung et al., 1998; Park et al., 1998; Lee et al., 2000), but the second species, P. insignis (=Puntctoribates manzanoensis Hammer, 1958) was reported from rice paddy field (Choi, 1995). We found the third species of Punctoribates collected from litter and soil in Seonginbong, Ulleung Island, Korea (Fig. 1). In this work we present a taxonomic diagnosis of the genus and species, and morphological characteristics with detailed illustration. 79 The Korean Society of Applied Entomology (KSAE) retains the exclusive copyright to reproduce and distribute for all KSAE publications. The journal follows an open access policy.