Elegansovella elegans (G. Canestrini, 1897 )

Kontschán, Jenő, Ermilov, Sergey G. & Friedrich, Stefan, 2024, Notes on the genus Elegansovella Hirschmann, 1989 (Acari, Mesostigmata, Urodinychidae), ZooKeys 1205, pp. 39-50 : 39-50

Elegansovella elegans (G. Canestrini, 1897)

Deraiophorus elegans G. Canestrini, 1897: 462.

Uroobovella elegans — Hiramatsu and Hirschmann 1978: 79.

Deraiophorus pectinatus Hirschmann, 1973: 77–78.

Uroobovella pectinata — Hiramatsu and Hirschmann 1978: 85.

Occurrence and habitat.

This species was collected in Bismarck Archipelago and New Guinea ( Hirschmann 1989).

Note.

Hirschmann (1973) mentioned D. elegans as the synonym of D. pectinata . Later, he ( Hirschmann 1989) separated these two species again based on the shape of the basis of the epistome and the width of the peritreme. In our opinion, these differences are too weak and not sufficient to separate the two species. Furthermore, both species were collected in the same region. Thus, we agree with Hirschmann’s (1973) opinion that D. elegans is the junior synonym of D. pectinata .