Mesotritia Forsslund, 1963

Niedbała, Wojciech & Liu, Dong, 2023, Systematic, synonymic and biogeographical list of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in the world (1799 – 2022), Zootaxa 5265 (1), pp. 1-442 : 8-9

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scientific name	Mesotritia Forsslund, 1963
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Mesotritia Forsslund, 1963 View in CoL View at ENA

type species. Mesotritia testacea Forsslund, 1963

Mesotritia (Entomotritia) Märkel, 1964 type species. Mesotritia (Entomotritia) piffli Märkel, 1964 View in CoL syn. by Aoki 1980a

Perutritia Märkel, 1964 type species. Perutritia amazonensis Märkel, 1964 View in CoL syn. nov.

Semicosmopolitan (except Australia)

Notes. Entomotritia was proposed by Märkel (1964) as a subgenus of genus Mesotritia . As a subgenus, it is also placed at paper Ramsay & Sheals (1969). Aoki (1980a) synonymized Entomotritia with the genus Mesotritia and Mahunka (1990a) supported him.

Perutritia was described as genus by Märkel (1964). Mahunka (1990a) recognized Perutritia as a subgenus of Mesotritia View in CoL . However, it seems that the presence of two lateral carinae does not justify considering it as a separate taxon, so we decide to synonymize Perutritia with Mesotritia View in CoL .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Sarcoptiformes
Family	Oribotritiidae