Berlese's Primitive Oribatid Mites Author van der Hammen, L. text Zoologische Verhandelingen 1959 40 1 93 http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/148866 journal article ORI111 0DC6B575-3CB3-41C1-A3EC-850520AE4487 Heminothrus targionii (Berlese, 1885) Nothrus Targionii Berlese , 1885a, fasc. 17 (8): 1885c; p. 12. Heminothrus targionii , Lombardini, 1936, p. 42; Sellnick & Forsslund, 1955, p. 507, figs. 26, 27. The species, originally described as a Nothrus , was in 1913 (p. 99) designated as type of the subgenus Heminothrus . In the Berlese Collection the following slides of the species are present: no. 149/38 (locality: "Alta Italia"), and no. 149/47 (locality: "Veneto"). I do not know if these are the type-specimens from Rua (Padua). The original description is, however, sufficient to recognize the species. I remark that Berlese mentioned 0.800 mm as length, whilst the specimens in the Collection measure 0.860; according to Willmann (1931), and Sellnick & Forsslund (1955) the length is 0.900, and o. 936-0.972 mm respectively. H. targionii is known from many localities in Europe.