Hoplophthiracarus rotoitiensis, : 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 : 201

rotoitiensis Notophthiracarus Niedbała, 2006

Notophthiracarus rotoitiensis: Liu & Zhang 2013 d, 2014d, 2015b , Niedbała & Szywilewska-Szczykutowicz 2017, Niedbała & Liu 2018, Niedbała et al. 2021.

Hoplophthiracarus (Notophthiracarus) rotoitiensis: Subías 2022 .

Australasia: Australia (Victoria, Tasmania), New Zealand (Niedbała 2006, 2012a, Niedbała et al. 2021, Niedbała & Szywilewska-Szczykutowicz 2017, Subías 2022).

Australasian, Australia, southern part and New Zealand rotundus Arphthicarus Niedbała, 2004

Arphthicarus rotundus: Niedbała & Liu 2018 .

Hoplophthiracarus (Austrophthiracarus) rotundus: Subías 2022 .

Neotropic: Chile ( Niedbała 2004a, Subías 2022).

Neotropical, Chile, endemic rotundus Phthiracarus Berlese, 1923

Phthiracarus rotundus: Niedbała 1986b, 1994b , 2011b, 2012b, Niedbała & Liu 2018.

non Phthiracarus rotundus Ewing, 1908

Palaearctic: Italy ( Berlese 1923, Castagnoli & Pegazzano 1985, Hammen 1959, Niedbała 1986b, 1992, 1994b, 2011b, 2012b, Subías 2022).

Western Palaearctic, Italy, endemic

Note. Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp (1995) clearly states that it is a species incertae sedis, while Subías (2022) needlessly synonymized this species with Phthiracarus lentulus (C.L. Koch, 1841) .

rotundus Phthiracarus Ewing, 1908 synonym of Phthiracarus globosus (C.L. Koch, 1841)

rotundus Plonaphacarus Liu, Wu et Chen, 2011

Plonaphacarus rotundus: Niedbała & Liu 2018 , Liu 2021b.

Hoplophthiracarus (Hoplophthiracarus) rotundus: Subías 2022 .

Orient: China (Guangdong) (Liu 2021b, Liu et al. 2011b, 2013, Subías 2022).

Oriental, endemic roubali Phthiracarus Berlese, 1924 synonym of Phthiracarus nitens ( Nicolet, 1855)

ruseki Protophthiracarus Niedbała, 2009

Protophthiracarus ruseki: Niedbała & Liu 2018 .

Hoplophorella (Hoplophorella) ruseki: Subías 2022 .

Neotropic: Antilles ( Cuba) ( Niedbała 2009a, Subías 2022).

Neotropical, Cuba, endemic rustica Acrotritia (Niedbała, 1991)

Rhysotritia rustica Niedbała, 1991

Rhysotritia rustica: Niedbała 1998 a, 2001a, 2004 d , Subías 2012.

Acrotritia rustica: Niedbała 2006c, 2011b , 2012b, Liu 2015 d, Niedbała & Liu 2018, Subías 2022, Niedbała & Ermilov 2022c.

Palaearctic: Scotland, England, Norway, Sweden, Canary Islands, Spain, Italy, Croatia. Afrotropical: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Angola, Madagascar. South Africa: Limpopo, North West, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Western and Eastern Cape ( Balogh & Balogh 2002, Mahunka 2002, Mahunka et al. 2013, Niedbała 1991d, 1998 a, 2001a, 2004d, 2008c, 2011b, 2012b, 2015b, 2017a, Niedbała & Ermilov 2022c, Niedbała et al. 2019, 2021, Niedbała & Osiejuk 2018, Niedbała & Starý 2014d, 2016a, 2022, Subías 2022).

Palaearctic (western Palaearctic, in North Europe, Macaronesia and Holo-Mediterranean areas, disjunctive), Afrotropical (central-eastern part) and South Africa

Notes. Subías (2022) considered this species as congeneric with A. monodactyla (Niedbała, 2002) . However, both species have different shape of trichobothria.

Subías (2022) considered this species as congeneric with Acrotritia wallworki (Lee, 1980) . However, mutual distance between lamellar setae is slightly longer than between rostral setae in A. wallworki but slightly shorter in A. rustica . Moreover, both species are significant geographically distanced from each other.

This species is probably conspecific with A. mahunkai Niedbała et Liu, 2018 (= A. simile (Mahunka, 1982)) as suggested by Niedbała (2011b) and Subías (2022), but some tarsi of legs are bidactylous (versus all tarsi monodactylous in A. mahunkai ).