Pseudotritia minima, Willmann, 1920

van der Hammen, L., 1959, Berlese's Primitive Oribatid Mites, Zoologische Verhandelingen 40, pp. 1-93 : 37

Pseudotritia minima (Berlese, 1904)

Phtiracarus minimus Berlese , 1904b, p. 22.

Tritia (Pseudotritia) minuta Willmann , 1919, p. 552, fig. 2.

Tritia (Pseudotritia) minima , Sellnick, 1923, p. 21, figs. 11, 12, 34 1).

Pseudotritia minima , Sellnick, 1928, p. 39; Willmann, 1931, p. 195, fig. 364; Märkel, 1958, p. 488, figs. 3d, 8.

Tritia minima , Lombardini, 1936, p. 50.

The species was described after specimens from Florence. I have indeed studied material from this locality, viz. the slides nos. 216/36, 41 (Florence, Cascine), and 216/37-40 (Florence, Boboli); none of these is designated as type. According to the label, slide no. 70/7 (Florence, Boboli) contains Mesoplophora michaeliana and " Phtiracarus minimus "; this preparation may have been part of the type-material; at the time of my visit its condition did, however, not permit of a definite identification.

The species was redescribed by Sellnick after specimens from Florence, sent to him by Berlese. It is sufficiently characterized by the above-mentioned descriptions.

1) In the text (p. 21) an erroneous reference is made to fig. 33.