Africoseius lativentris ( Karg, 1982 )

Barros, Avyla R. A., Castilho, Raphael C. & De Moraes, Gilberto J., 2020, Catalogue of the mite family Podocinidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata), Zootaxa 4802 (1), pp. 141-156 : 147

02. Africoseius lativentris ( Karg, 1982)

Neojeordensia lativentris Karg, 1982: 70 .

Africoseius lativentris .— Halliday et al., 1998: 46; Rueda-Ramírez et al., 2019: 2375.

Africoseius americanus Karg & Schorlemmer, 2009: 63 [Synonymy by Rueda-Ramírez et al., 2019: 2375].

Type depository. A. lativentris and A. americanus : Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Type locality and habitat. A. lativentris : Brazil, Cabreuva, São Paulo state, 5 July 1970, in Turdus sp. [ Aves: Turdidae ] nest; A. americanus : Paraguay, Villa Hayes, along the “Canatera Transchaco”, 1966, in soil a marshy forest.

Note. Halliday et al. (1998: 46) considered Neojordensia lativentris Karg to be a junior synonym of Africoseius areolatus Krantz. However, Rueda-Ramírez et al. (2019: 2390) did not accept that synonymy, a decision also adopted in this publication.