3471 Author Castilho, Raphael C. Author De Moraes, Gilberto J. Author Halliday, Bruce text Zootaxa 2012 2012-09-07 3471 1 69 journal article 1175­5334 D9DF4609-9EAF-43B8-9EF8-A5D5DF017B32 137. Rhodacarus mandibularis Berlese, 1920 Rhodacarus mandibularis Berlese, 1920: 165 . Rhodacarus mandibularis .— Lee, 1970: 29 ; Bregetova & Shcherbak, 1977b: 261 ; Shcherbak, 1977: 74 ; Castagnoli & Pegazzano, 1985: 239; Karg, 1993: 333 . Rhodacarus ( Rhodacarus ) mandibularis .— Shcherbak, 1980: 48 . TYPE DEPOSITORY : Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria , Florence, Italy . TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT : Italy , Florence and Udine , in moss and humus . NOTE : Sheals (1958) considered this species to be a junior synonym of R . roseus . However, in subsequent publications they have been considered as different species ( e.g. Shcherbak, 1980 ; Karg, 1993 ). We agree with this conclusion, on the basis of the redescriptions of R . roseus by Lee (1970) and of R . mandibularis by Shcherbak (1980) .