Plesiotritia megale, Walker, 1964

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Palaearctic: China (Mêdog in Tibet) (Liu 2021b, Liu et al. 2012, 2013, Niedbała 2015b, Subías 2022). Palaearctic, China, endemic megale Oribotritia (Oribotritia) ( Walker, 1965)

Plesiotritia megale Walker, 1965

Oribotritia megale: Marshall et al. 1987 , Niedbała 2002a, 2007c, Subías 2004, Liu 2015 a, Niedbała & Liu 2018.

Oribotritia (Oribotritia) megale: Subías 2022 .

Nearctic: USA (California, Oregon) ( Marshall et al. 1987, Niedbała 2002a, 2007c, Niedbała & Starý 2015e, Subías 2022, Walker 1965).

Nearctic megas Notophthiracarus Niedbała, 2021

Notophthiracarus megas: Niedbała & Liu 2018 .

Hoplophthiracarus (Notophthiracarus) megas: Subías 2022 .

South Africa: Eastern Cape (Niedbała et al. 2021).

South African, endemic meghalayensis Euphthiracarus Sanyal, 1988 synonym of Euphthiracarus (Euphthiracarus) pakistanensis Hammer, 1977

mekistos Notophthiracarus Niedbała, 2006

Notophthiracarus mekistos: Niedbała & Liu 2018 .

Hoplophthiracarus (Notophthiracarus) mekistos: Subías 2022 .

South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal ( Niedbała 2006c, Subías 2022).

South African, endemic mekistos Steganacarus (Rhacaplacarus) Niedbała, 2004

Steganacarus (Rhacaplacarus) mekistos: Niedbała & Liu 2018 .

Hoplophorella (Rhacaplacarus) mekistos: Subías 2022 .

Neotropic: Brazil ( Niedbała 2004 a, Oliveira 2004, Oliveira et al. 2017, Subías 2022).

Neotropical, Brazil, endemic membranifer Phthiracarus Parry, 1979

Phthiracarus membranifer: Balogh & Mahunka 1983 , Niedbała 1986b, 1992, 2000, 2007a, 2011b, 2012b, Niedbała & Liu 2018.

Phthiracarus (Phthiracarus) membranifer: Subías 2004 .

Phthiracarus paraligneus Iturrondobeitia et Saloña, 1989 syn. by Niedbała 2011b.

Palaearctic: Madeira, England, France, Spain, Algeria, South Korea. Orient: Sri Lanka ( Balogh & Mahunka 1983, Kaczmarek & Niedbała 2002, Niedbała 1986b, 1992, 2000, 2007a, 2011b, 2012b, 2015b, Niedbała & Dabert 2013, Parry 1979a, Subías 2022).

Panpalaearctic known from Western Europe, Maghrebian and Manjurian areas, disjunctive, introduced to Sri Lanka

Note. Subías (2022) recognized this species as congeneric with P. ferrugineus (C.L. Koch, 1841) . However, P. membranifer has reduced chaetome of legs, setae v´ of femora I and setae l´ of genua IV absent (versus chaetome complete) ( Niedbała 2011b).

meridionalis Bursoplophora Bernini, 1983

Bursoplophora meridionalis: Niedbała 2004b, 2011b , 2012b, Niedbała & Liu 2018, Subías 2022. Palaearctic: Italy (Sicily) ( Bernini 1983, Bernini & Arcidiacono 1985, Niedbała 2004b, 2011b, 2012b, Subías 2022).

Western Palaearctic, Italy, endemic meridionalis Hoplophthiracarus Sergienko, 1992 synonym of Austrophthiracarus candidulus (Niedbała, 1983) meridionalis Phthiracarus author unknown ( Hammen 1959, Niedbała 1986b, 1992)

meristos Acrotritia (Niedbała, 2003)

Rhysotritia meristos: Niedbała 2004a .

Acrotritia meristos: Niedbała, 2008e , Liu 2015 d, Niedbała & Liu 2018, Subías 2022.

Neotropic: Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Galapagos Islands ( Niedbała 2003a, 2004a, 2008e, Subías 2022). Neotropical, Mesoamerica and Galapagos Islands meristos Notophthiracarus Niedbała, 2004

Notophthiracarus meristos: Niedbała & Liu 2018 .

Hoplophthiracarus (Notophthiracarus) meristos: Subías 2022 .

Neotropic: Chile ( Niedbała 2004a, Subías 2022).

Neotropical, Chile, endemic meszarosi Hoplophorella Mahunka, 1988 synonym of Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) tuberculosissimus (Mahunka, 1978)

michaeli Austrophthiracarus ( Niedbała, 1987)

Calyptophthiracarus michaeli Niedbała, 1987

Calyptophthiracarus michaeli: Niedbała 1992 .

Austrophthiracarus michaeli: Niedbała 1994a, 2000 , Liu & Zhang 2016 a, Niedbała & Liu 2018. Notophthiracarus (Notophthiracarus) michaeli: Subías 2004 .

Hoplophthiracarus (Notophthiracarus) michaeli: Subías 2022 .

Australasia: Australia (Queensland) ( Balogh & Balogh 2002, Niedbała 1987, 1992, 2000, 2012a, Subías 2022).

Australasian, Australia, endemic michaeli Steganacarus (Steganacarus) Bernini et Avanzati, 1987

Hoplophora magna: Michael 1888 .

Steganacarus (Steganacarus) michaeli: Niedbała 1992, 2011b , 2012b, Avanzati et al. 1995, Niedbała & Liu 2018, Subías 2022.

Palaearctic: England, Spain, Italy, Sardinia ( Avanzati et al. 1995, Bernini & Avanzati 1987, Niedbała 1992, 2011b, 2012b, Subías 2022).

Western Palaearctic, distributed in Western Europe and Atlanto-Mediterranean region michaeliana Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) Berlese, 1904

Mesoplophora Michaeliana Berlese, 1904 : Castagnoli & Pegazzano 1985.

Mesoplophora michaeliana: Hammen 1959 , Balogh & Mahunka 1980 a, 1983, Niedbała 1993 a, Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp 1995.

Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) michaeliana: Niedbała 1984a, 1985a , 2011b, 2012b, Liu & Chen 2010c, Mortazavi et al. 2010, Liu 2016 a, Niedbała & Liu 2018, Subías 2022.

Mesoplophora graeca Walzl, 1973 syn. by Niedbała 1984a.

Mesoplophora graeca: Balogh & Mahunka 1980 a, 1983 .

Mesoplophora caucasica Krivolutsky, 1975 (nomen nudum) syn. by Niedbała 1984a.

Mesoplophora caucasica: Balogh & Mahunka 1980a .

Mesoplophora pectinata Mahunka, 1979 syn. by Niedbała 1984a.

Mesoplophora pectinata: Balogh & Mahunka 1983 .

Phtiracarus (Phtiracarulus) perexiguus Berlese, 1920 syn. by Hammen 1959.

Palaearctic: Spain, Italy, Greece, Caucasus, Iran, Poland (Palm House) ( Balogh & Mahunka 1980 a, 1983, Castagnoli & Pegazzano 1985, Mahunka 1979, 1980, Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp 1995, Mortazavi et al. 2010, Niedbała 1984a, 1985a, 1993, 2011b, 2012b, 2014c, 2015b, Subías 2022).

Western Palaearctic, in Iberian, North-Mediterranean, Pontic and Iranian areas; introduced to Palm House, Poland micidus Notophthiracarus Niedbała et Starý, 2015

Notophthiracarus micidus: Niedbała & Liu 2018 .

Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus) micidus: Subías 2022 .

Afrotropical: Madagascar (Niedbała 2017a, Niedbała & Starý, 2015 d, Subías 2022).

Afrotropical, Madagascar, endemic microsetosa Oribotritia (Mahuntritia) (Mahunka et Mahunka-Papp, 2009)

Oribotritia (Berndotritia) microsetosa Mahunka et Mahunka-Papp, 2009

Oribotritia microsetosa: Liu 2015a .

Indotritia (Mahuntritia) microsetosa: Niedbała & Liu 2018 .

Oribotritia (Mahuntritia) microsetosa: Subías 2022 .

Afrotropic: Kenya ( Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp 2009b, Subías 2022).

Afrotropical, Kenya, endemic

Notes. Berndotritia Mahunka 1987 was treated as synonym of Oribotritia in Niedbała (2000), and they differ only by the number of palps segments (4-segmented in Oribotritia versus 5- segmented in Berndotritia ). Unfortunately, the number of palps segments of Oribotritia (Berndotritia) microsetosa was still unknown. The fusion degree between different ventral plates is an important character in classification of family Oribotritiidae . From the original description, this species shows incomplete junction of the anal plates with the adanal plates (or ano-adanal suture partly reduced, absent posteriorly of iad lyrifissures), which is much similar as the subgenus Afrotritia in genus Indotritia . However, they can be easily distinguished by the shape of genito-aggenital suture (complete versus incomplete in Afrotritia ). Therefore, a new subgenus Mahuntritia Niedbała et Liu, 2018 was proposed to accommodate this species.

microsetus Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) Starý, 1993

Pocsia microseta Starý, 1993

Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) microsetus: Niedbała 2004a , Niedbała & Starý 2010b, Niedbała & Liu 2018, Subías 2022.

Neotropic: Antilles ( Cuba) ( Niedbała 2004 a, 2014a, Niedbała & Starý 2010b, Starý 1993c, Subías 2022).

Neotropical, Cuba, endemic mielcareki Hoplophthiracarus Niedbała, 2008

Hoplophthiracarus mielcareki: Niedbała & Liu 2018 .

Hoplophthiracarus (Hoplophthiracarus) mielcareki: Subías 2022 .

Orient: Malaysia ( Sarawak) (Liu et al. 2013, Niedbała 2008b, Subías 2022).

Oriental, Malaysia, endemic mindanaoensis Phthiracarus Niedbała, Corpuz-Raros et Gruezo, 2006

Phthiracarus mindanaoensis: Niedbała & Liu 2018 .

Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus) mindanaoensis: Subías 2022 .

Orient: Philippines (Mindanao) (Niedbała et al. 2006, Subías 2022).

Oriental, Philippines, endemic minima Mesotritia Niedbała, 2002

Mesotritia minima: Liu & Chen 2010 a, Niedbała & Liu 2018 .

Mesotritia (Mesotritia) minima: Subías 2022 .

Nearctic: USA (Texas) ( Niedbała 2002a, Subías 2022).

Nearctic, USA, endemic minima Microtritia ( Berlese, 1904)

Phthiracarus minimus Berlese, 1904

Phthiracarus minimus: Castagnoli & Pegazzano 1985 .

Pseudotritia minima: Hammen 1952, 1959 .

Pseudotritia Minimus: Grandjean 1941a .

Microtritia minima: Märkel 1964 , Krivolutsky 1975, Aoki 1980b, Balogh & Mahunka 1980a, 1982 c, 1983, Niedbała et al. 1981, 1982, 1990, 2021, 2022, Mahunka 1982c, Mahunka & Paoletti 1984, Niedbała 1993, 2000, 2002a, 2004a, 2007c, 2008f, 2011b, 2012b, Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp 1995, 2004, Olszanowski et al. 1996, Niedbała & Olszanowski 1997, 2004, 2008, Wang et al. 2002, Subías 2004, Weigmann 2006, Chen et al. 2010, Liu & Chen 2014 a, Liu & Zhang 2014 a, Niedbała & Liu 2018, Liu 2021b, Subías 2022. Microtritia minimus: Grandjean 1967 .

Microtritia xilofila Subías, 1977 syn. by Niedbała 1993a.

Nearctic: Canada (Quebec, British Columbia, Nova Scotia ), USA (New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Oregon). Palaearctic: Azores, Norway, Finland, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Balkan Peninsula, Latvia, Ukraine (western and eastern part), Georgia, Russia (Central European Territory, Western and Eastern Siberia, Far East), India (Arunachal Pradesh), North and South Korea, China (Hebei, Tibet), Japan. Neotropic: Mexico, Antilles. Orient: China (Fujian, Hubei, Guangxi, Guizhou, Taiwan), Northern Vietnam ( Aoki 1980b, Balogh & Mahunka 1980 a, 1983, Berlese 1904, Castagnoli & Pegazzano 1985, Chen et al. 2010, Grandjean 1941 a, 1967, Hammen 1952, 1959, Kaczmarek & Niedbała 2002, Liu 2021b, Liu & Chen 2014a, Mahunka et al. 2013, Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp 1995, 2003, 2004, Mahunka & Paoletti 1984, Märkel 1964, Marshall et al. 1987, Niedbała 1993a, 2000, 2002a, 2004a, 2007c, 2008f, 2011b, 2012b, 2015b, Niedbała & Buczkowska 2020, Niedbała & Ermilov 2013b, 2020, Niedbała et al. 2020, 2022, Niedbała & Starý 2015e, Olszanowski et al. 1996, Schatz 1983, Seniczak et al. 2021, Subías 1977, 2022, Wang et al. 2002, Weigmann et al. 2015).

Semicosmopolitan, Nearctic, Panpalaearctic, Mesoamerica, northern Orient but absent in Afrotropical and Australasian Regions

Note. Subías (2022) considered Tritia (Pseudotritia) minuta Willmann (1919) as congeneric with this species. See note of M. minuta .

minimarginatus Phthiracarus Woolley, 1954 synonym of Phthiracarus boresetosus Jacot, 1930

minimus Arphthicarus Liu et Zhang, 2015

Arphthicarus minimus: Niedbała & Liu 2018 .

Hoplophthiracarus (Steganacarellus) minimus: Subías 2022 .

Australasia: New Zealand ( Liu & Zhang 2015c, Subías 2022).

Australasian, New Zealand, endemic minimus Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) Liu et Chen, 2014

Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) minimus: Niedbała & Liu 2018 , Liu 2021b.

Hoplophorella (Kakophthiracarus) minima: Subías 2022 .

Palaearctic: China (Tibet) (Liu 2021b, Liu & Chen 2014c, Niedbała 2015b, Subías 2015).

Eastern Palaearctic, China, endemic minimus Euphthiracarus (Euphthiracarus) Liu, Wu et Chen, 2012

Euphthiracarus minimus Liu, Wu et Chen, 2012

Euphthiracarus minimus: Liu 2021b , Liu et al. 2012, Niedbała & Liu 2018.

Euphthiracarus (Euphthiracarus) minimus: Subías 2022 .

Orient: China (Fujian) (Liu 2021b, Liu et al. 2012, 2013, Subías 2022).

Oriental, China, endemic minisetosus Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) (Mahunka, 1978)

Hoplophorella minisetosa Mahunka, 1978

Hoplophorella minisetosa: Mahunka 1988b .

Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) minisetosus: Niedbała 1986b, 1992 , 2001a, 2004 d, Niedbała & Liu 2018. Hoplophorella (Hoplophorella) minisetosa: Subías 2004 .

Hoplophorella (Kakophthiracarus) minisetosa: Subías 2022 .

Afrotropic: Malawi, Mauritius, Reunion ( Balogh & Balogh 2002, Mahunka 1978a, 1988b, Niedbała 1986b, 2001a, 2004d, 2017a, Subías 2022).

Afrotropical, eastern part, disjunctive minisetosus Austrophthiracarus Niedbała, 2004

Austrophthiracarus minisetosus: Niedbała 2008e , Liu & Zhang 2016 a, Niedbała & Liu 2018. Hoplophthiracarus (Austrophthiracarus) minisetosus: Subías 2022 .

Neotropic: Chile ( Niedbała 2004a, 2008e, Subías 2022).

Neotropical, Chile, endemic minor Hoplophthiracarus Mahunka, 1991 synonym of Plonaphacarus kugohi ( Aoki, 1959)

minor Phthiracarus Niedbała, 2001 synonym of Phthiracarus bulbiferus (Mahunka, 1996)

minorae Notophthiracarus Niedbała, 2016

Notophthiracarus minorae: Niedbała & Ermilov 2016 , Niedbała & Liu 2018.

Hoplophthiracarus (Notophthiracarus) minorae: Subías 2022 .

Australasia: New Zealand ( Niedbała & Ermilov 2016, Subías 2022).

Australasian, New Zealand, endemic minuscula Apoplophora Niedbała, 2013

Apoplophora minuscula: Niedbała & Ermilov 2013a , Liu 2016 a, Niedbała & Liu 2018, Subías 2022. Orient: Southern Vietnam ( Niedbała & Ermilov 2013 a, 2014b, Vu 2013, Subías 2022).

Oriental, Southern Vietnam, endemic minusculus Notophthiracarus Niedbała, 2004

Notophthiracarus minusculus: Niedbała & Liu 2018 .

Hoplophthiracarus (Notophthiracarus) minusculus: Subías 2022 .