Oribatids from Switzerland III (Acari: Oribatida: Oppiidae 1 and Quadroppiidae). (Acarologica Genavensia XCIII)

Oribatida: Oppiidae 1 and Quadroppiidae).(Acarologica Genavensia XCIII).-Oppioid oribatids taken from soil samples in Switzerland are recorded.There are 1 5 species, of which 6 are new for science and one of them also represents a new genus: Paramedioppia gen.n. (Oppiidae).The following 5 new combinations are proposed: Berniniella conjuncta (Strentzke) comb.n. et stat.n. = Oppia sigma conjuncta Strentzke, 1951; Berniniella hauseri (Mahunka) comb.n. = Oppia hauseri Mahunka, 1974; Berniniella serratirostris (Golosova) comb.n. = Oppia serratirostris Golosova, 1970; Dissorhina signata (Schwalbe) comb.n. = Oppia signata Schwalbe, 1989; Lauroppia maritima (Willmann) comb.n. = Oppia maritima Willmann, 1929; 1 species is placed in synonymy: Oppiella rafalskii Oplotna & Rajski, 1983 = Berniniella hauseri (Mahunka, 1974): syn.n.In addition 2 species (still not recorded for Switzerland) are discussed, in this way a total of 17 oppioid species are considered.Morphological and distributional data of 11 species are provided and the nature of relationships and some additional morphological characters are discussed.