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FOLIA ENTOMOLOGIGA HUNGARIGA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK LI 1990 P- 37«) A survey of the superfamily Euphthiracaroidea Jacot, 1930 (Acari: Oribatida) By S. MAHUNKA I j (Received January 10, 1990) ABSTRACT : The revision of the superfamily Euphthiracaroidea. A study of the more important features, and an analysis of their evolution. Diagnosis of the supraspecific taxa with the descriptions of some new genera and a family. Key for the supraspecific categories and a new system of this superfamily. Contents I. Introduction 37 II. The morphological features and their taxonomic and systematic significance 39 III. The evolutionary analysis of some morphological characteristics 41 IV. List of studied and analysed morphological features 43 V. Cluster analysis . 45 VI. The system of the superfamily Euphthiracaroidea 45 VII. Diagnosis of supraspecif ic taxa 49 VIII. Descriptions and complementary description of some species -- 69 IX. Identification keys Key for the suprageneric taxa Key for the supraspecific taxa Key for the genera of Oribotritiidae Grandjean, 1954 Key for the genera of Euphthiracaridae Jacot, 19 3 0 Key for the genera of Synichotritiidae Walker, 1_9_6_5 X. References I . INTRODUCTION In the Euptyctima cohors of ptychoid Oribatida Grandjean (1967) distinguishes two superfamilies: Phthiracaroidea Perty, (1841) and Euphthiracaroidea Jacot, 1930. Since the research of Phthiracaroidea proceeded with long strides in recent years mainly owing to the works of Parry (1979) , Niedbala ( 1986a, b) and Bernini (1986-1987), that of Euphthiracaroidea lagged behind and hardly any change occurred in this group. True enough, in the middle of the 1960s the exploration of Euphthiracaroidea well surpassed that of the previous superfamily, and apparently their system seemed well grounded. Lately however, after the elaboration of various materials deriving primarily from tropical, Ethiopian and oriental regions ( Tanzania, Sabah, Sumatra, Malaysia) such taxa were studied which significantly enlarge our knowledge of Euphthiracaroidea. These studies brought forward several new aspects in taxonomic evaluation, in the conditions of relationships, which obviously induced
