Microspalax manicata (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884)

Freyana (Microspalax) manicata Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884d: 153 .

Freyana (Microspalax) manicata Trouessart & Mégnin 1885a: 17 .

Freyana (Microspalax) manicata .— Trouessart & Mégnin 1885b: 44; Canestrini & Kramer 1899: 35.

Microspalax (Microspalax) manicata .— Dubinin 1949: 202.

Microspalax manicatus .— Dubinin 1951b: 23; 1953: 343; Atyeo & Gaud 1991b: 335.

Microspalax manicata .— Radford 1953: 200, 1958: 110.

Host and locality in Australia: Procellaria (Adamastor) cinerea, New Holland (Dubinin 1949, 1953).

Current name of host: Grey Petrel, Procellaria cinerea Gmelin, 1789 ( Procellariiformes: Procellariidae).

Notes: Atyeo & Gaud (1991b: 338) discussed the confusion surrounding the host for this species in Dubinin (1949). The mite that occurs on Procellaria cinerea in Australia may be Microspalax manicata (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884) or M. major Trouessart & Neumann, 1888 . The answer to that question will depend on examination of freshly-collected specimens.