Belongs within: Ceratozetoidea.
Chamobates is a genus of oribatid mites found in Eurasia and North America (Subías 2004).
Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Prodorsum with long lamellae present, translamella absent; lamellar setae originating near rostral region, on surface of prodorsum near end of lamella; interlamellar setae originating on prodorsum near dorsosejugal suture. Notogaster with ten pairs of setal alveoli only; four pairs of areae porosae; pteromorphae immovable. Six pairs of genital setae; one pair of aggenital setae; two pairs of anal setae; three pairs of adanal setae. Legs tridactyle.
<==Chamobates Hull 1916S04 | i. s.: C. difficilis Sellnick 1931S93 | C. paolii (Berlese 1908)L96 |--C. (Chamobates)S04 | |--*C. (C.) cuspidatus (Michael 1884)S04 (see below for synonymy) | |--C. (C.) alpinus Schweizer 1956 [=C. cuspidatus alpinus]S04 | |--C. (C.) apathyi (Tafner 1905) (n. d.) [=Oribata apathyi]S04 | |--C. (C.) bispinosus Mahunka 1987S04 | |--C. (C.) caucasicus Shaldybina 1969S04 | |--C. (C.) confusus Subías 2000 [incl. C. angulatus Mihelčič 1957 (n. d.), C. triangularis Mihelčič 1957 (n. d.)]S04 | |--C. (C.) cuspidatiformis (Trägardh 1904) [=Notaspis cuspidatiformis]S04 | |--C. (C.) dentatus Mihelčič 1956S04 | |--C. (C.) dentotutorii Shaldybina 1969S04 | |--C. (C.) egenus (Berlese 1910) [=Euzetes egenus]S04 | |--C. (C.) geminus Fujikawa 1997S04 | |--C. (C.) hauseri Mahunka 1980S04 | |--C. (C.) ilinoisensis (Ewing 1909) (n. d.) [=Oribata ilinoisensis]S04 | |--C. (C.) interpositus Pschorn-Walcher 1953S04 | |--C. (C.) javensis (Hammer 1979) [=Sphaerozetes javensis; incl. Unguizetes hammerae Balogh & Balogh 2002]S04 | |--C. (C.) lapidarius (Lucas 1847) (n. d.)S04, E12 [=Oribates lapidariusE12, Euzetes lapidariusL87a, Oribata lapidariaS04] | |--C. (C.) longipilis Willmann 1953S04 | |--C. (C.) pedemontanus (Berlese 1910) (n. d.) [=Sphaerozetes pedemontanus]S04 | |--C. (C.) perezinigoi Subías 1977S04 | |--C. (C.) pusillus (Berlese 1895)S04 (see below for synonymy) | |--C. (C.) schuetzi (Oudemans 1902) [=Notaspis schuetzi]S04 | |--C. (C.) subglobulus (Oudemans 1900)S04 (see below for synonymy) | |--C. (C.) tumidisetosus Monson 2002S04 | `--C. (C.) vartismithi Hull 1916 (n. d.)S04 `--C. (Xiphobates Paulitchenko 1993)S04 |--C. (*X.) voigtsi (Oudemans 1902) [=Notaspis voigtsi]S04 |--C. (X.) callipygis Paulitchenko 1991S04 |--C. (X.) dactyloscopicus Bernini & Mahunka 1982S04 |--C. (X.) depauperatus (Berlese 1886)S04 [=Oribata depauperataS04, Euzetes depauperatusBA85, Oribates depauperatusM98] |--C. (X.) kievensis Shaldybina 1980S04 |--C. (X.) rastratus (Hull 1914)S04 [=Oribata rastrataS04, Galumna rastratusL87a; incl. C. spinosus Sellnick 1928S04] `--C. (X.) sergienkae Shaldybina 1980S04
*Chamobates (Chamobates) cuspidatus (Michael 1884)S04 [=Oribata cuspidataS04; incl. O. dominae Hull 1914S04, Chamobates dominaeL87a, O. lucifer Hull 1914S04, C. luciferL87a]
Chamobates (Chamobates) pusillus (Berlese 1895)S04 [=Oribata pusillaS04; incl. Notaspis cuspidatus borealis Trägardh 1902S04, Chamobates borealisMH04, C. incisus Hammen 1952S04]
Chamobates (Chamobates) subglobulus (Oudemans 1900)S04 [=Notaspis subglobulaS04, C. subglobosus (l. c.)L90; incl. Oribata facula Koch 1839 (n. d.)S04, C. nasutus Mihelčič 1957S04, Euzetes nigerrimus Berlese 1908S04, Oribata omissa Warburton & Pearce 1905S04, E. omissusL87b]
*Type species of generic name indicated
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