Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata) Author HALLIDAY, R. B. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-09 5280 1 1 73 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1 journal article 54455 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1 a3384e49-2a34-4e14-8651-90cd896e0df4 1175-5326 7912198 E89D81FE-D079-41B7-9FF4-4933D620B89D Genus Cheylabis Trouessart, 1885 Anoplites Trouessart & Mégnin, 1884b: 156 . Anoplites Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884a: 138 . Cheylabis Trouessart, 1885c: 84 (replacement name). Type species: Cheylabis latus Trouessart, 1885c: 85 , designated by Gaud & Atyeo (1984) . Notes : (1) Trouessart (1885c) proposed the name Cheylabis as a replacement for Anoplites Trouessart & Mégnin, 1884 , on the grounds that it was a junior homonym of Anoplitis Kirby, 1837 (in Richardson 1837: 227 ). However, Anoplites is not a homonym of Anoplitis , so Cheylabis was an unnecessary replacement name. The name Cheylabis is retained here in the interest of stability. (2) Gaud & Atyeo (1996a: 170) referred to the new generic names proposed in Mégnin & Trouessart (1884a) , as nomina nuda . Anoplites is diagnosed in a key to genera in Trouessart & Mégnin (1884b: 156) and Mégnin & Trouessart (1884a: 138) so it is not a nomen nudum for that reason. It lacks a type species, but new genera proposed before 1930 were not required to have a type species (ICZN Article 13.3).