The neotype ofPediculaster mesembrinae(Canestrini, 1881) (Acari: Siteroptidae) and the description of all life stages

Autor:	Enrico de Lillo, Caroline Lalkhan, Anne M. Camerik
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Larva biology Pygmephorus Insect Science Siteroptidae Holotype Zoology Statistical analysis Acari biology.organism_classification Life stage Normal female
Zdroj:	International Journal of Acarology. 32:45-67
ISSN:	1945-3892 0164-7954
DOI:	10.1080/01647950608684442
Popis:	The original holotype and paratypes of Pygmephorus mesembrinae Canestrini, 1881, now known as Pediculaster mesembrinae (Canestrini, 1881), once part of the Canestrini collection housed at the University of Padua, Italy, are lost. There is an urgent need for the designation and description of a neotype for Pediculaster mesembrinae in order to rectify the many misidentifications and to describe new species. In this paper, the neotype, a phoretic female, collected from a mushroom farm in Terlizzi (South Italy, Europe), is designated. Phoretic females of this collection are assumed to be conspecific with laboratory-cultured phoretic females of Kaliszewski from Alabama, USA. The assumption is tested by statistical analysis of the sizes of 39 traditionally used morphological characters. Subsequently the normal female, male and larva found in Kaliszewski's collection, are described.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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