Pseudoparasitus missouriensis (Ewing)

Joharchi, Omid, Halliday, Bruce, Khaustov, Alexander A. & Ermilov, Sergey G., 2018, Some soil-inhabiting mites from Zanzibar (Acari: Laelapidae), Zootaxa 4514 (1), pp. 23-40 : 37-38

Pseudoparasitus missouriensis (Ewing)

Hyletastes missouriensis Ewing, 1909: 66 .

Gymnolaelaps missouriensis .— Hennessey & Farrier, 1988: 30.

Pseudoparasitus obsoletus Berlese, 1916: 164 (synonymy by Hennessey & Farrier, 1988).

Laelaspis austriacus Sellnick, 1935: 353 (synonymy by Hennessey & Farrier, 1988).

Laelaspis austriacus .— Willmann, 1951: 113.

Gymnolaelaps austriacus .— Hunter, 1961: 680.

Pseudoparasitus austriacus .— Hunter, 1966: 9.

Hypoaspis austriacus .— Hirschmann & Bernhard, 1969: 132.

Hypoaspis (Gymnolaelaps) austriacus .— Bregetova, 1977: 526.

Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) austriaca .— Tenorio, 1982: 264; Karg, 1979: 101; 1989: 120; 1993: 161.

Specimens examined: Four females, Tanzania, Zanzibar, forest litter, 06°16' S, 039°25' E, 8 m. a.s.l., 2 February 2018, coll. S.G. Ermilov, A.A. Khaustov (in TUMZ).

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Notes. Most of the published information on this species has been published under the name G. austriacus . It has been recorded many times, from North America, Europe and Russia. The species may be recognised by the relatively narrow exopodal plates behind coxa IV, very long and narrow metapodal plates, the very wide rounded genito-ventral shield, and a pair of opisthogastric setae in the soft skin between the genito-ventral and anal shields.