Lasioseius penicilliger Berlese, 1916

Lasioseius (Zercoseius) penicilliger Berlese, 1916a: 44 .

Lasioseius penicilliger .— Evans, 1958a: 219; Athias-Henriot, 1959: 189; Hughes, 1961: 242; 1976: 334; Lindquist, 1964a: 330; Bregetova, 1977a: 180; Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 38; Karg, 1993: 249; Estebanes-Gonzales, 1997: 3; Kamali et al., 2001: 7; Gwiazdowicz, 2007: 88.

Lasioseius (Crinidens) penicilliger .— Karg, 1980: 350; Christian & Karg, 2006: 164.

TYPE DEPOSITORY: Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria, Firenze, Italy.

TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: Padova, Italy, in soil under rotten wood.

NOTES: (a) Specimens reported as L. penicilliger by Evans (1958a: 219) were re-identified as Lasioseius furcisetus Athias-Henriot by Walter & Lindquist (1989: 2810); (b) Lindquist (1964a: 330; 1964b: 3895) and Farrier & Hennessey (1993: 38) considered Lasioseius lanciolatus Chant to be a junior synonym of L. penicilliger . We adopted the interpretation of Walter & Lindquist (1989: 2810), considering them to be distinct species.