Rhodacarus pallidus Hull, 1918

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142. Rhodacarus pallidus Hull, 1918

Rhodacarus pallidus Hull, 1918: 57 .

Rhodacarus roseus var. pallidus .— Halbert, 1920: 115.

Rhodacarus pallidus f. typica Sheals, 1958: 299 .

Rhodacarus (?) pallidus .— Athias-Henriot, 1961: 501.

Rhodacarus pallidus .— Lee, 1970: 29; Bregetova & Shcherbak, 1977b: 267; Krantz, 1986: 634; Karg, 1993: 334; Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 133.

Rhodacarus (Rhodacarus) pallidus .— Shcherbak, 1980: 44.

TYPE DEPOSITORY: Natural History Museum , London, England .

TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: England, Allendale (cited as West Allendale), Tynedale, [Northumberland], under deeply embedded stones with Pergamasus hamatus [Acari: Parasitidae ].

NOTE 1: Sheals (1958) considered R. calcarulatus to be a junior synonym of Rhodacarus pallidus Hull , naming it Rhodacarus pallidus f. calcarulatus . In the same publication, he mentioned that T. pallidus had a Vshaped groove posterior to setae j 4, z 3 and s 2, and that R. pallidus f. calcarulatus did not have it. Thus, we understand that those species should not be considered synonyms. Krantz (1986) drew attention to possible misidentifications of this species, and ambiguity over its doubtful synonymy with R. calcarulatus , as suggested by Sheals (1958).

NOTE 2: The species reported by Willmann (1935: 422) as Rhodacarus pallidus Hull was described as Rhodacarus willmanni Karg, 1993: 333 .