Acarus corbicula Seius hirsutus Seius echinatus Seius echinatus Gamasus echinatus Laelaps echinatus Seuis Seuis hirsutus Seius hirsutus Seiulus hirsutus Ameroseius hirsutus Ameroseius corbicula Cornubia ornata Ameroseius ornata Ameroseius echinatus Ameroseius corbiculus Ameroseius crassisetosus Ameroseius qinghaiensis Ameroseius crassisetosus Ameroseius (Ameroseius) corbiculus Ameroseius corbicus Ameroseius curbicula Ameroseius norvegicus Ameroseius crassisetosus Ameroseius qinghaiensis Ameroseius qinghaiensis A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna Masan, Peter ZooKeys 2017 2017-09-29 704 1 228 B825V 411F9224-F005-5974-8733-064DE4CFE304 (Sowerby, 1806) Sowerby 1806 Sowerby 1806 Arachnida Ameroseiidae Ameroseius CoL Animalia Ameroseius corbiculus Mesostigmata 0 1 Arthropoda species corbiculus   Plates 6 , 7 , 8   Acarus corbiculaSowerby, 1806: tab. 66/14.  Seius hirsutusC. L. Koch, 1839: Fasc. 24/12. Synonymy by Vitzthum (1942).  Seius echinatusC. L. Koch, 1839: Fasc. 24/13. Synonymy by Vitzthum (1942).  Seius echinatus. - Canestrini and Fanzago 1876: 130; Kramer 1882: 427; Berlese 1892: 38.  Gamasus echinatus. - Kramer 1881: 433.  Laelaps echinatus. - Berlese 1882: 638.  Seuis(sic) Seuis hirsutus. - Berlese 1887b: 41/2.  Seius hirsutus. - Berlese 1892: 38.  Seiulus hirsutus. - Halbert 1915: 77.  Ameroseius hirsutus. - Berlese 1916a: 33; Castagnoli and Pegazzano 1985: 181.  Ameroseius corbicula. - Oudemans 1929: 400; Turk 1943: 859; Westerboer and Bernhard 1963: 518; Bregetova 1977: 161;  Lapiņa1988: 38.  Cornubia ornataTurk, 1943: 859. Synonymy by Turk (1953).  Ameroseius ornata. - Turk 1953: 12.  Ameroseius echinatus. - Schweizer 1961: 85; Evans and Till 1979: 230.  Ameroseius corbiculus. - Karg 1971a: 233; Vasilyeva et al. 1976: 26; Karg 1993: 230;  Kontschan2007: 100; Kazemi and Rajaei 2013: 64; Khalili-Moghadam and Saboori 2014: 674;  Kontschanet al. 2016: 135.  Ameroseius crassisetosusYe & Ma, 1993: 86. Syn. n.  Ameroseius qinghaiensisLi & Yang, 2000: 65. Syn. n.Synonymy with Ameroseius crassisetosusYe & Ma, 1993 by Ma, 2006.  Ameroseius (Ameroseius) corbiculus. - Hajizadeh et al. 2013a: 150.  Ameroseius corbicus(sic). - Nemati et al. 2013: 19.  Ameroseius curbicula(sic). - Khalili-Moghadam and Saboori, 2014: 680.  Ameroseius norvegicusNarita, Abduch & Moraes (in Narita et al., 2015: 391). Syn. n.  Ameroseius crassisetosus. - Khalili-Moghadam and Saboori 2016: 547.  Ameroseius qinghaiensis. - Khalili-Moghadam and Saboori 2016: 547. not Ameroseius qinghaiensisMa, 2008: 748.  Type depository. Of  Acarus corbicula- not stated; of  Seius echinatus- not stated; of  Seius hirsutus- not stated; of  Cornubia ornata- not stated; of  Ameroseius crassisetosus- Xinjiang Institute for Endemic Disease Control and Research, Urumqi, China; of  Ameroseius qinghaiensis- Qinghai Institute for Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Qinghai, China; of  Ameroseius norvegicus- Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de SaoPaulo, Piracicaba, SaoPaulo, Brazil.  Type locality and habitat. Of  Acarus corbicula- British Isles, in mollusc ctenidium moss, Ctenidium Hypnum molluscum(as  Hypnum molluscum) ( Bryophyta); of  Seius echinatus- Germany, in unspecified substrate (orchard); of  Seius hirsutus- Germany, in unspecified substrate (shore zone of a pond, in humid soil); of  Cornubia ornata- United Kingdom, England, Camborne, garden of Rosewarne Farm, in dead leaves; of  Ameroseius crassisetosus- China, Xinjiang Region, Nilka County, on wood mouse,  Apodemus sylvaticus( Mammalia, Rodentia); of  Ameroseius qinghaiensis- China, Qinghai Province, Huangzhong County, Zongzhai Area, in humus; of  Ameroseius norvegicus- Norway, Buskerud County, Sylling, strawberry field, in litter.  Comparative material.   Belgium: 1 ♂(MRAC: 170354) - 6. 10. 1967, Anvers, zoological garden, litierede cobaye (  Cavia porcellus), leg. P. Elsen(labelled Ameroseiidae).  Germany: 1 ♂, 1 ♂(ZMB: 40082, 40083) - July 1957, Brandenburg, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Stahnsdorfbei Berlin, 2969, 2970;  1 ♂(ZMB: 40084) - 31. 7. 1958, Brandenburg, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Stahnsdorfbei Berlin, Bodenfall, 2971.  Iran: 1 ♀(CJH) - Guilan Province, olive garden, soil sample, leg. and det. J. Hajizadeh.  Italy: 1 ♀, 1 DN (ISZA: 3/31) - Cison di Valmarino, Treviso, musco;  3 ♀♀(ISZA: 27/8, 169/13) - Castions di Strada, Udine, foglie marce (all labelled  Ameroseius hirsutus). Netherlands:  1 ♀(RMNH: ACA.P.4055) - 28. 1. 1923, Arnhem, in de steelgroeve van een appel, leg. Oudemans;  1 ♀(RMNH: ACA.P.4056) - 7. 5. 1916, Valkeveen( Gooi), rotte bladeren, leg. Mac Gillavry.  Norway: 2 ♀♀(ESALQ: T-MZLQ 3342 C=7766, holotypeand paratype),  1 ♀(ESALQ: T-MZLQ 3344 C=7766, paratype) - 27. 4. 2011, Silling, strawberry field (tunel), Ex: litter, leg. I. Kling(labelled  Ameroseius norvegicus).  United Kingdom: 1 ♀(BMNH) - 12. 4. 1934, Rednal, nest, leg. T. Warwick, det. G. O. Evans.  Published material from Slovakia.  Borska NizinaLowland: Bratislava Capital, DevinSettlement, DevinskeJazero Lake (  Kaluz2006). Jakubov Village, Jakubovske RybnikyFishponds ( Fenďa 2005,  Fenďaand Schniererova2005). Malacky Town, VinohradokArea (  Kristofiket al. 2005). ZavodVillage, Abrod Meadow (  Kaluzand Carnogursky2000,  Kaluz2003). BukovskeVrchy Hills: NovaSedlica Village, Vrch Hrbu Mt.; UlicVillage ( Fenďa and Masan2003). CerovaVrchovina Highland: ChramecVillage, Vinohrady Area; GemerskyJablonec Village, Petrovce Reservoir; SuriceVillage; SuriceVillage, SoviHrad Mt.; Tachty Village ( Fenďa and Masan2009). IpeľskaPahorkatina Wold: ZemberovceVillage (  Kaluz1994a). KosickaKotlina Basin: Haniska Village, Grajciar Area (  Varfalvyovaet al. 2010). Kechnec Village (  Masanand Stanko 2005). LaboreckaVrchovina Highland: StakcinVillage, Starina Dam, Kremenica Forest ( Fenďa and Masan2003). MaleKarpaty Mts.: Borinka Village (  Masanet al. 1994). Bratislava Capital, DevinSettlement, DevinskaKobyla Mt.; Bratislava Capital, DevinSettlement, DevinskaLesostep Forest (  Kaluz2005, cited as  Ameroseius corbicula). PodunajskaRovina Flatland: BodikyVillage, Bodicka BranaForest (  Kaluz1997). DobrohostVillage, DunajskeKriviny Forest; VeľkeBlahovo Village (  Kristofiket al. 1993). GabcikovoTown, Istragov Forest (  Kaluz1995b). Ivanka Pri Dunaji Village (  Masanand Kristofik1993). SvaetyJur Town, SurForest, Sursky RybnikPond ( Fenďa et al. 1998). SlovenskyKras Karst: Silica Village, Pod Fabiankou Forest (  Kaluz1992). Silica Village, JastericieJazierko Lake (  Kaluz1995a, cited as  Ameroseius corbicula). TrnavskaPahorkatina Wold: Pezinok Town, GanokArea (  Kaluz1994b). VychodoslovenskaPahorkatina Wold: EgresVillage, ZadneHony Area (  Kovacet al. 1999). VychodoslovenskaRovina Flatland: CicarovceVillage (  Kovacet al. 1999). SvaetuseVillage (  Varfalvyovaet al. 2010).  New material from Slovakia.  Borska NizinaLowland:  1 ♀- 24. 7. 1998, Stupava Town, littoral reed stand (  Phragmition), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude  180 m, leg. P. Masan;  1 ♀, 1 ♂- 25. 4. 2000, Suchohrad Village, reed stand (  Phragmition), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude  150 m, leg. P. Masan;  1 ♀, 1 ♂- 27. 6. 2002,  Male LevareVillage, grassy dike of Morava Rivernearly wet willow-poplar flood-plain forest (  Salici-Populetum), nest of unidentified small mammal, altitude  150 m, leg. P. Masan;  1 ♀- 8. 1. 2006,  Borsky SvaetyJur Village, village residence, subterraneous night-cellar, decaying potatoes, altitude  170 m, leg. P. Masan. Burda Hills:  1 ♀- 9. 11. 1997, Kamenica Nad Hronom Village,  KovacovskeKopce-juh Forest, oak forest (  Quercetum cerris), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude  330 m, leg. P. Masan. HorehronskePodolie Basin:  1 ♀- 22. 5. 2002, Zlatno Village, Zlatnianske Skalky Forest, pine forest (  Pinussp.), soil and detritus from ant-hill of  Formicasp. ( Hymenoptera, Formicidae), altitude  755 m, leg. P. Masan. IpeľskaKotlina Basin:  4 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂, 2 DNs - 23. 6. 1997, Ipeľske Predmostie Village,  RyzoviskoForest, willow-poplar flood-plain forest (  Salici-Populetum), growth of  Carexsp., leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude  130 m, leg. P. Masan;  1 ♀- 23. 6. 1997, Ipeľske Predmostie Village,  RyzoviskoForest, willow-poplar flood-plain forest (  Salici-Populetum), wood-destroying fungus  Trametessp., altitude  130 m, leg. P. Masan. MaleKarpaty Mts.:  1 ♀- 25. 6. 1990, Bratislava Capital,  ZeleznaStudienka Forest, broad-leaved deciduous forest, nest of  Motacilla cinerea( Aves), altitude  250 m, leg. J. Kristofikand A. Darolova;  2 ♀♀- 30. 5. 1991, Bratislava Capital,  ZeleznaStudienka Forest, broad-leaved deciduous forest, individual collecting under bark, stones and pieces of wood, altitude  350 m, leg. P. Masan;  3 ♀♀- 3. 5. 1998, Bratislava Capital, zoological garden, oak-hornbeam forest (  Querco-Carpinetum), individual collecting under bark, stones and pieces of wood, altitude  180 m, leg. P. Masan. PodunajskaRovina Flatland:  2 ♀♀, 1 ♂- 28. 6. 1989, Veľke Blahovo Village, fish-ponds, shore reed stand (  Phragmition), nest of  Circus aeruginosus( Aves), altitude  120 m, leg. J. Kristofikand A. Darolova;  2 ♀♀- 5. 6. 1990,  DobrohostVillage, willow-poplar flood-plain forest (  Salici-Populetum), nest of  Sylvia atricapila( Aves), altitude  120 m, leg. J. Kristofikand A. Darolova;  3 ♀♀- 24. 7. 1990, Veľke Blahovo Village, fish-ponds, shore reed stand (  Phragmition), nest of  Circus aeruginosus( Aves), altitude  120 m, leg. J. Kristofikand A. Darolova;  3 ♀♀, 1 ♂- 25. 6. 1991, Veľke Blahovo Village, fish-ponds, shore reed stand (  Phragmition), nest of  Aythya ferina( Aves), altitude  120 m, leg. J. Kristofikand A. Darolova;  1 ♀- 18. 6. 1994,  Dolny Stal, shore reed stand (  Phragmition), nest of  Emberiza schoeniclus( Aves), altitude  120 m, leg. J. Kristofikand A. Darolova;  4 ♀♀, 1 ♂- 28. 6. 1996,  GabcikovoTown, Istragov Forest, willow-poplar flood-plain forest (  Salici-Populetum), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude  120 m, leg. P. Masan;  1 ♀- 21. 4. 1998, Veľky Meder Town, ruderal, nest of  Clethrionomys glareolus( Mammalia), altitude  110 m, leg. P. Masan;  1 ♀- 8. 9. 1998, Veľke Kosihy Village, littoral reed stand (  Phragmition), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude  120 m, leg. P. Masan;  1 ♀- 28. 4. 1999, Medveďov Village, reed stand (  Phragmition), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude  120 m, leg. P. Masan;  3 ♀♀- 3. 5. 2006, Bratislava Capital, air-port, meadow, burrow entry of  Spermophilus citellus( Mammalia), rotting leaves and vegetation rests, altitude  150 m, leg. P. Masan. PovazskyInovec Mts.:  1 ♂- 23. 8. 1992,  HradokVillage,  HradockaDolina Valley, pasture, dunghill substrate, altitude  350 m, leg. P. Masan;  8 ♀♀- 10. 5. 1998,  LukaVillage, steppe, straw and miscellaneous organic detritus, altitude  250 m, leg. P. Masan;  2 ♀♀- 7. 6. 1998,  LukaVillage, field, sample of old and drier dung, altitude  300 m, leg. P. Masan. TurcianskaKotlina Basin:  11 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂- 11. 6. 2000,  TurcianskeTeplice Town, Diviaky Settlement, nest of  Motacilla flava( Aves), altitude  490 m, leg. M. Dobrotka. ZilinskaKotlina Basin:  4 ♀♀- 14. 9. 1994,  StranavyVillage, ruderal with willow (  Salixsp.), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude  350 m, leg. I. Orszagh.  Remarks.  Berlese (1892, 1916a) considered  Seius echinatusC. L. Koch, 1839 to be identical to  Seius hirsutusC. L. Koch, 1839. Later, Vitzthum (1942)stated that these two species are synonymous with  Acarus corbiculaSowerby, 1806. Moreover, Vitzthum (1942)added another species under the synonymy with  A. corbicula, namely  Seius muricatusC. L. Koch, 1839, but his interpretation is not accepted in this paper because  S. muricatusis the type species of  AceoseiusSellnick, 1941 (now relegated into synonymy with  LasioseiusBerlese, 1916). The dorsal shield of  Ameroseius corbiculuswas illustrated by Westerboer and Bernhard (1963)as having 30 pairs of quite slim setae instead of 29 pairs of apparently stout and robust setae. In addition, Karg (1971a)erroneously illustrated a male specimen of this species with six instead of five pairs of opisthogastric setae (see his page 15). These facts could lead to misinterpretation of the morphological characters resulting in an incorrect identification of this easily recognizable species. I have examined three type specimens of  Ameroseius norvegicus, a species decribed by Narita et al. (2015)from Norway. However, the slide labelled "Holotype"contains two individuals. They are both females, and are clearly conspecific, in a perfect agreement with the primary description and original illustrations. I here designate as lectotype the specimen nearer to the left-hand edge of the slide when the labels are in the upright position. I have ringed this specimen with black ink and labelled the slide with the words "Lectotype ringed". There is no doubt that these type specimens from Norway are conspecific with those widely distributed in Slovakia and other European countries (including those from Asia, Iran), and known under the name  Ameroseius corbiculus. Narita et al. (2015)added complete leg chaetotaxy to the description of  A. norvegicus. According to their original data, genu I and femur IV would have respectively 11 and 5 setae, but in the type specimens I found typical 12 and 6 setae instead (including two anterolateral setae on genu I, and a ventral seta on femur IV). I have not examined type specimens of  Ameroseius corbiculus(no type material exists for this species),  Ameroseius crassisetosusand  Ameroseius qinghaiensis, but the distinctions made in the original descriptions are based on characteristics that vary considerably, and I do not hesitate to propose the above synonymy. 1967-10-06 P. Elsen Belgium Anvers 1 1 1957-07 Potsdam-Mittelmark, Stahnsdorf Germany Brandenburg 2 2 Brandenburg 1958-07-31 Stahnsdorf, Bodenfall Germany Potsdam-Mittelmark 1 1 Brandenburg 2017-01-01 2017-12-31 2017-01-01 Iran J. Hajizadeh. Guilan Province 1 1 Guilan Province 2017-01-01 2017-12-31 2017-01-01 Treviso Italy Cison di Valmarino 1 1 2017-01-01 2017-12-31 2017-01-01 Netherlands Udine Castions di Strada 3 3 1923-01-28 Oudemans Netherlands Arnhem 1 1 1916-05-07 Mac Gillavry. Netherlands Gooi Valkeveen 1 1 2017-01-01 2017-12-31 2017-01-01 Norway Norway 2 2 holotype 2011-04-27 I. Kling Norway Ex Silling 1 1 paratype 1934-04-12 T. Warwick United Kingdom G. O. Evans. Rednal 1 1 paratype 1998-07-24 P. Masan 180 Stupava Town 1 1 2000-04-25 P. Masan 150 Suchohrad Village 2 1 1 2002-06-27 P. Masan 150 Male Levare Village Morava River 2 1 1 2006-01-08 P. Masan. Burda Hills 170 Borsky Svaety Jur Village 1 1 1997-11-09 P. Masan. Horehronske Podolie Basin 330 Kamenica Nad Hronom Village Kovacovske Kopce-juh Forest 1 1 2002-05-22 P. Masan. 755 Zlatno Village Zlatnianske Skalky Forest 1 1 1997-06-23 P. Masan 130 Predmostie Village Ryzovisko Forest 9 4 5 1997-06-23 P. Masan. Male Karpaty Mts. 130 Predmostie Village Ryzovisko Forest 1 1 1990-06-25 J. Kristofik, A. Darolova 250 Bratislava Capital Zelezna Studienka Forest 1 1 1991-05-30 P. Masan 350 Bratislava Capital Zelezna Studienka Forest 2 2 1998-05-03 P. Masan. Podunajska Rovina Flatland 180 Bratislava Capital 3 3 1989-06-28 J. Kristofik, A. Darolova 120 Blahovo Village 3 2 1 1990-06-05 J. Kristofik, A. Darolova 120 Dobrohost Village 2 2 1990-07-24 J. Kristofik, A. Darolova 120 Blahovo Village 3 3 1991-06-25 J. Kristofik, A. Darolova 120 Blahovo Village 4 3 1 1994-06-18 J. Kristofik, A. Darolova 120 Dolny Stal 1 1 1996-06-28 P. Masan 120 Gabcikovo Town Istragov Forest 5 4 1 1998-04-21 P. Masan 110 Meder Town 1 1 1998-09-08 P. Masan 120 Kosihy Village 1 1 1999-04-28 P. Masan 120 Village 1 1 2006-05-03 P. Masan. Povazsky Inovec Mts. 150 Bratislava Capital 3 3 1992-08-23 P. Masan 350 Hradok Village Hradocka Dolina Valley 1 1 1998-05-10 P. Masan 250 Luka Village 8 8 1998-06-07 P. Masan. Turcianska Kotlina Basin 300 Luka Village 2 2 2000-06-11 M. Dobrotka. Zilinska Kotlina Basin 490 Turcianske Teplice Town Diviaky Settlement 15 11 4 1994-09-14 I. Orszagh. 350 Stranavy Village 4 4