A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna
Author
Masan, Peter
Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, 845 06 Bratislava, Slovakia
uzaepema@savba.sk
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Kleemannia pavida (C. L. Koch, 1839)
Plates 37B
, 46
, 47
Zercon pavidus
C. L. Koch, 1839: Fasc. 23: 15.
Seiulus plumosus
. -
Oudemans 1902
: 17 (in part).
Hypoaspis pavidus
. -
Oudemans 1902
: 19;
Berlese 1904
: 276.
Kleemannia pavidus
. -
Oudemans 1930
: 137.
Ameroseius pavidus
. -
Westerboer and Bernhard 1963
: 479;
Karg 1971a
: 233;
Bregetova 1977
: 155;
Karg 1993
: 230.
Ameroseius lanceosetis
Livshits & Mitrofanov, 1975: 462.
Syn. n.
Kleemannia pavida
. -
Evans and Till 1979
: 230.
Ameroseius lanceosetis
. - Ma 1996: 201;
Hajizadeh et al. 2013a
: 146.
Ameroseius (Kleemannia) lanceosetis
. -
Hajizadeh et al. 2013a
: 151.
Ameroseius (Kleemannia) pavidus
. -
Hajizadeh et al. 2013a
: 151.
Type depository.
Of
Kleemannia pavida
- not stated; of
Ameroseius lanceosetis
- Nikita Botanical Gardens, National Scientific Center, Yalta, Crimea, Russia (the type specimens not found and probably lost, based on personal communication from Alex Khaustov).
Type locality and habitat.
Of
Kleemannia pavida
- Germany, in unspecified substrate (in houses, especially stables, in hay and straw); of
Ameroseius lanceosetis
- Russia, Crimea, Alushtinskyi District, Privetnoye (as Privetnyi), in grain storage house.
Comparative material.
Germany
:
1 ♀
(ZMB: 40282) -
25. 4. 1969
, VAR, an
Zwiebeln
, mit
Tyrophagus putrescentiae
vergesell. (labelled
Ameroseius gracilis
)
;
11 ♀♀
(ZMH: A41/73) -
May 1973
,
Kassel
,
Neubau
, leg.
H.
Kuehne
, det. G. Rack in 1973.
Iran
:
16 ♀♀
(IZSAV) -
Guilan Province
, rice storage,
No.
1, leg and det.
J. Hajizadeh
(labelled
Ameroseius lanceosetis
)
.
Netherlands
:
1 ♀
(RMNH: ACA.P.4294) -
June 1928
,
Hengelo
(O.), in hooi afval, boerderij, leg.
Dr. Baudet
;
1 ♀
(RMNH: ACA.P.4295) -
Jan. 1927
,
Arnhem
, in huis, leg.
Oudemans
;
1 ♀
(RMNH: ACA.P.4296) -
Aug. 1921
,
Wapenvelde
bij
Apeldoorn
, in hooi afval,
Wageningen
;
1 ♀
(RMNH: ACA.P.4297) -
July 1896
,
Sneek
,
Vespertilio dasycneme
, leg.
Oudemans
;
1 ♀
(RMNH: ACA.P.4299) -
July 1928
,
Ophovizolder
,
Franeker
,
Utrecht
, leg.
Dr. Baudet
;
3 ♀♀
(ZSM:
Coll. Vitzthum
/
Kneissl V
597) -
July 1928
,
Franeker
/
Friesland
, in
Heuabfaellen
, vom
Heuboden
;
3 ♀♀
(ZMH: A74/74) -
1. 10. 1974
, NL-Schayk,
Kok
,
Crocidura russula
,
Zool. Lab. Nijmegen
, det.
G. Rack
in 1974
.
United Kingdom
:
1 ♀
(BMNH: 1955.6.1.91) -
27. 8. 1954
,
London
,
Zool. Gardens
, hay, det.
J. G. Sheals
(labelled
Kleemania plumosus
)
.
New material from
Slovakia
.
Podunajska
Rovina Flatland:
1 ♀
-
31. 7. 1991
,
Suľany
Village, willow-poplar flood plain forest (
Salici-Populetum
), fresh cadaver of
Clethrionomys glareolus
(
Mammalia
), altitude
120 m
, leg. P.
Masan
and J.
Kristofik
.
Remarks.
The Iranian specimens of this species, including those re-described under the name
Ameroseius lanceosetis
(
Hajizadeh et al. 2013a
), are in good agreement with the mites widely collected in Europe, and now deposited in a collection of various museums (see comparative material above).