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 Trimalaconothrus maior (Berlese, 1910) Malaconothrus maior Berlese , 1910, p. 223, pl. 19, f igs. 45, 45a. The type of T. maior (f rom Lake City, Florida) is no more present in the Collection, and the description is too short to enable a thorough comparison with other species. The identity remains therefore uncertain. I remark that in a later list, Berlese (1916b, p. 336) spelt the name as major .