Microzetes species

Ermilov, S. G. & Corpuz-Raros, L., 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Microzetes (Acari, Oribatida, Microzetidae), Acarologia 56 (4), pp. 573-585 : 580

4. The analysis of literature on Microzetes species has revealed an incorrect systematic placement of one species, Microzetes (Megazetes) rugosus ( Mahunka, 1986) , which was described by Mahunka (1986) from Tanzania as a representative of the genus Megazetes and included automatically in Microzetes (Megazetes) by Subías (2004). However, this species has minute interlamellar setae (vs. medium size or long in M. ( Megazetes ), therefore it should be combined in the subgenus M. ( Microzetes ).