Study on some phylogenetic relationships and database compilation of the only collection of free-living Prostigmata.

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K07201
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Biodiversity/Systematics
• Research Institution: Hosei University
• Principal Investigator: SHIMANO Satoshi 法政大学, 自然科学センター, 教授 (70355337)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HIRUTA Simpei 独立行政法人国立科学博物館, 分子生物多様性研究資料センター, 特定非常勤研究員 (80624642)
• Research Collaborator: SHIBA Minoru 松山東雲女子短期大学, 名誉教授
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ケダニ類 / 標本データベース / 胸板ダニ類 / ニセササラダニ類 / 新種記載 / Arachnida

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A database was made on the preparatory collection (11,500 preparations) of Professor Shiba as the only prostigmatid collection in Japan. Genetic analyses were performed on some groups of Prostigmata, and some new species and new records of prostigmatid mites from Japan were discoverd in this project. In addition, remarkable results of genetic analysis as a first report was published on the mites of the genus Balaustium with increasing complaints in concrete buildings in recent years.

Free Research Field

動物分類学