Parhypochthonius Berlese

van der Hammen, L., 1959, Berlese's Primitive Oribatid Mites, Zoologische Verhandelingen 40, pp. 1-93 : 10

Parhypochthonius Berlese , 1904

Parhypochthonius Berlese, 1904b, p. 25: 1910, p. 218: 1913a, p. 7 1).

Berlese published the diagnosis of Parhypochthonius together with the description of the type-species ( P. aphidinus ). In 1910 (p. 219) he added two species to the genus, of which in my opinion one ( urticinus ) indeed belongs to it, whilst the other ( acarinus ) has become the type of the genus Aphelacarus ( Palaeacaroidea ) 2).

1) In the original diagnosis, the generic name is spelt as Parhypochthonius , but on the same page the type-species is named Parypochthonius aphidinus . The same difference in spelling is found in Berlese's 1910 paper; here the spelling Parhypochthonius is found in the key, Parypochthonius in the description of two species.

2) Schweizer (1956, pp. 219-221, figs. 126-130) described five "new" species as representatives of Parhypochthonius ; these are, however, nymphs and larvae of higher Oribatid mites ( Trichoribates , Ceratozetes , Scheloribates , Sphaerozetes or Chamobates ).