Lasioseius muricatus ( Koch , 1839)

De Moraes, Gilberto J., Britto, Erika P. J., Mineiro, Jefferson L. De C. & Halliday, Bruce, 2016, Catalogue of the mite families Ascidae Voigts & Oudemans, Blattisociidae Garman and Melicharidae Hirschmann (Acari: Mesostigmata), Zootaxa 4112 (1), pp. 1-299 : 176

Lasioseius muricatus ( Koch, 1839)

Sejus muricatus Koch, 1839: 11 .

Lasioseius muricatus .— Homann, 1934: 364; Evans, 1958a: 218; Athias-Henriot, 1959: 188; Hirschmann, 1962: 30; Lindquist, 1964a: 311; Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 37; Gwiazdowicz & Gulvik, 2005b: 119; Gwiazdowicz, 2007: 85; Gwiazdowicz et al., 2008b: 37.

Aceoseius muricatus .— Sellnick, 1941: 149; Schweizer, 1961: 132; Bernhard, 1963: 27; Karg, 1971b: 247; 1993: 248; Lapina, 1976a: 65; Bregetova, 1977a: 172; Kontschán, 2007: 102; Kontschán & Ujvari, 2013: 78.

Lasioseius (Aceoseius) muricatus .— Hirschmann, 1959: 4.

Aceosejus muricatus .— Dziuba, 1972: 164.

Laelaps (?) ligoniformis Michael, 1892: 316 (Synonymy of L. muricatus by Evans, 1958a: 218; Lindquist, 1964a: 312; Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 37).

Ameroseius pseudocometa Schweizer, 1922: 42 (Synonymy of S. muricatus by Sellnick, 1941: 148; Evans, 1958a: 218; Schweizer, 1961: 132; Bernhard, 1963: 51; Lindquist, 1964a: 312; Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 37).

TYPE DEPOSITORY: of L. muricatus , A. pseudocometa and L. ligoniformis : not stated.

TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: of L. muricatus : Germany, on unstated substrate; of A. pseudocometa: La Rosiaz (Lausanne) , Switzerland, in Polyporus sp. [Fungi: Polyporaceae ] and Vallée du Flon (Lausanne), Switzerland, in moss; of L. ligoniformis: Innsbruck , Tyrol, Austria, on stumps of dead pine [Plantae: Pinaceae ] trees.

NOTES: (a) specimens reported by Berlese (1887b: 6) as Seius muricatus were described as Lasioseius berlesei (Oudemans) and Lasioseius aba Baker & Wharton ; (b) specimens reported by Burkhardt (1920: 54) and Hase (1928: 271) as Seiulus muricatus Koch were re-identified by Vitzthum, in Hase (1933: 237), as Typhlodromus tineivorus Oudemans.