Lasioseius confusus Evans, 1958

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Lasioseius confusus Evans, 1958

Pseudoseius confusus Evans, 1956 .— Browning, 1956: 385 (nomen nudum).

Lasioseius confusus Evans, 1958a: 221 .

Lasioseius confusus .— Athias-Henriot, 1959: 189; 1961: 458; Chant, 1963: 280; Lindquist, 1964a: 320; Pinchuk, 1976: 92; Bregetova, 1977a: 180; Walter & Lindquist, 1989: 2801; Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 35; Karg, 1993: 254; Gu & Guo, 1996: 42; Gwiazdowicz, 2007: 79; Zhang & Fan, 2010: 283; Moraza & Lindquist, 2011: 22; Bai, 2013: 96; Kontschán & Ujvari, 2013: 77; Bai et al., 2014: 112.

Platyseius nidus Pinchuk, 1972a: 67 (Synonymy by Bregetova, 1977a: 180).

Lasioseius (Cuspiacus) confusus .— Christian & Karg, 2006: 221.

TYPE DEPOSITORY: of L. confusus : not stated; of P. nidus : Institute of Zoology, Moldavian Academy of Sciences, Kishinau, Moldova.

TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: of L. confusus: Big Pool , Saint Agnes, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, on roots of rushes; of P. nidus: Pash Kany , Moldova, in nest of Apodemus agrarius [Animalia: Muridae ]. NOTES: (a) Karg (1980: 348) considered Lasioseius berlesei (Oudemans) to be a senior synonym of L. confusus . We adopted the interpretation of Walter & Lindquist (1989: 2800), considering them to be distinct species; (b) some of the specimens reported as Lasioseius paucisetosus Westerboer by Lapina (1976a: 72) were suspected to be L. berlesei and L. confusus by Walter & Lindquist (1989: 2800).