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
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Hermannia gibba
(C. L. Koch, 1839)
Nothrus gibbus C. L. Koch
, 1839, fasc. 29 (4).
Angelia piceus
, Berlese, 1885c, pp. 9, 10.
Nothrus piceus
, Berlese, 1886a, fasc. 33 (6).
Hermannia picea
, Berlese, 1896b, p. 31; 1913a, p. 157, prep. II-13.
Berlese contributed the species to the genera
Angelia
,
Nothrus
, and
Hermannia
successively. In the " Acari Myriapoda et Scorpiones " (1886a) he mentioned
Nothrus convexus C. L. Koch
and
Hermannia crassipes Nicolet
as Synonyms. In fact
Nothrus piceus C. L. Koch
, and
Nothrus convexus C. L. Koch
are different species, whilst Berlese overlooked that the species described by him is identical with
Nothrus gibbus C. L. Koch
.
H. gibba
is present in the Acarotheca italica, but appears to be absent from the Berlese Collection.
I remark that little has been published on the morphology of this common species, although it appears highly interesting; I refer to my future monograph.