Hoplophthiracarus similis, : Subias, 2022

Niedbała, Wojciech & Liu, Dong, 2023, Systematic, synonymic and biogeographical list of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in the world (1799 – 2022), Zootaxa 5265 (1), pp. 1-442 : 211-212

Afrotropical, Madagascar, endemic similis Phthiracarus Niedbała, 1981

Phthiracarus similis: Niedbała 1986b, 1992 , 2011b, 2012b, Niedbała & Liu 2018, Niedbała et al. 2022.

Phthiracarus (Archiphthiracarus) similis: Subías 2004 .

Phthiracarus (Phthiracarus) similis: Subías 2022 .

Palaearctic: France, Syria, Iraq, Iran ( Ahaniazad et al. 2016, Niedbała 1981b, 1986b, 1992, 2011b, 2012b, Niedbała et al. 2022, Subías 2022).

Western Palaearctic similis Steganacarus (Steganacarus) Willmann, 1939

Steganacarus similis Willmann, 1939

Steganacarus similis: Balogh & Mahunka 1983 .

Steganacarus (Steganacarus) similis: Niedbała 1992, 2011b , 2012b, Bernini & Magari 1993, Niedbała & Liu 2018, Subías 2022.

Palaearctic: Madeira ( Balogh & Mahunka 1983, Bernini & Magari 1993, Niedbała 1992, 2011b, 2012b, 2015b, Niedbała & Dabert 2013, Subías 2022, Willmann 1939).

Western Palaearctic , Madeira, endemic

Note. Neotype was designated by Bernini & Magari (1993).

similis Tritia (Pseudotritia) Sellnick, 1923 species inquirenda, incertae sedis

Tritia (Pseudotritia) similis Sellnick, 1923

Rhysotritia (?) similis: Niedbała 2004a .

Euphthiracarus (Brasiliotritia) similis: Subías 2004 , Oliveira et al. 2017.

Acrotritia (?) similis: Niedbała & Liu 2018 .

Acrotritia similis: Liu 2015 d, Subías 2022 .

Neotropic: Brazil ( Balogh & Balogh 1987, 2002, Niedbała 2004 a, Oliveira 2004, Oliveira et al. 2017, Sellnick 1923, Subías 2022).

Note. Niedbała (2004a) does not exclude that this species belongs to the genus Euphthiracarus . We confirm this suggestion on the basis of the location of bothridial scale of prodorsum under bothridium.

simonettae Steganacarus (Steganacarus) Bernini et Avanzati, 1987

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

Palaearctic: southern Italy (Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily) ( Avanzati et al. 1995, Bernini & Avanzati 1987, Niedbała 1992, 2011b, 2012b, Subías 2022).

Western Palaearctic, Italy, endemic simplex Arphthicarus Niedbała 2017

Arphthicarus simplex: Niedbała & Ermilov 2017 , Niedbała & Liu 2018.

Hoplophthiracarus (Notophthiracarus) simplex: Subías 2022 .

Neotropic: Peru (Niedbała & Ermilov 2017, Subías 2022).

Neotropical, Peru, endemic simplex Microtritia ( Jacot, 1930)

Pseudotritia simplex Jacot, 1930

Microtritia simplex: Marshall et al. 1987 , Niedbała 2001b, 2002a, 2004a, 2008e, Liu & Chen 2014 a, Niedbała & Liu 2018, Subías 2022.

Rhysotritia paeneminima Walker, 1965 syn. by Niedbała 2001b.

Rhysotritia paeneminima: Marshall et al. 1987 .

Microtritia paeneminima: Mahunka 1995a .

Nearctic: Canada (North-West Territories, British Columbia, Nova Scotia , Quebec, Ontario, Vancouver), USA (Oregon, Wyoming, Arizona, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, Maryland, Georgia, Virginia, Florida, California, Wisconsin). Neotropic: Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Antilles ( Jacot, 1930, 1938, Mahunka 1995a, Marshall et al. 1987, Niedbała 2001b, 2002a, 2004a, 2008e, Niedbała & Starý 2015e, Subías 2022, Walker 1965, Walker & Norton 1985).