Ameroseius peniophorae De Leon, 1964

Masan, Peter, 2017, A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna, ZooKeys 704, pp. 1-228 : 1

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scientific name	Ameroseius peniophorae De Leon, 1964
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Ameroseius peniphorae (sic) De Leon, 1964: 213.

Ameroseius peniophorae . - De Leon 1964: 213, 215.

Type depository.

„Author’s collection".

Type locality and habitat.

USA, Tennessee, Erwin, on hyphae of white-rot fungus, Phlebiopsis gigantea (as Peniophora gigantea ), on bark of log of white pine, Pinus strobus ( Pinaceae ).

Comparative material.

U.S.A.: 2 ♀♀ (IZSAV) - 14. 6. 1965, Elizabeth, inner bark, Dendroctonus frontalis , J. Moser Collection (No. 4814, 4840) .

Remarks.

This species has been occasionally misidentified as Ameroseius longitrichus Hirschmann, 1963 in North America ( Pielou and Verma 1968, Moser and Roton 1971, Furniss et al. 1972, Moser 1975; see also remarks under A. longitrichus ). There are 29 pairs of setae on dorsal shield of Ameroseius peniophorae , not 27 pairs as stated in the original description.