A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna
Author
Masan, Peter
Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, 845 06 Bratislava, Slovakia
uzaepema@savba.sk
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
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Ameroseius peniophorae De Leon, 1964
Ameroseius peniphorae
(sic) De Leon, 1964: 213.
Ameroseius peniophorae
. -
De Leon 1964
: 213, 215.
Type depository.
"Author's
collection".
Type locality and habitat.
USA, Tennessee, Erwin, on hyphae of white-rot fungus,
Phlebiopsis gigantea
(as
Peniophora gigantea
), on bark of log of white pine,
Pinus strobus
(
Pinaceae
).
Comparative material.
U.S.A.
:
2 ♀♀
(IZSAV) -
14. 6. 1965
,
Elizabeth
, inner bark,
Dendroctonus frontalis
,
J. Moser Collection
(No. 4814, 4840)
.
Remarks.
This species has been occasionally misidentified as
Ameroseius longitrichus
Hirschmann, 1963 in North America (
Pielou and Verma 1968
,
Moser and Roton 1971
,
Furniss et al. 1972
,
Moser 1975
; see also remarks under
A. longitrichus
). There are 29 pairs of setae on dorsal shield of
Ameroseius peniophorae
, not 27 pairs as stated in the original description.