3471 Author Castilho, Raphael C. Author De Moraes, Gilberto J. Author Halliday, Bruce text Zootaxa 2012 2012-09-07 3471 1 69 journal article 1175­5334 D9DF4609-9EAF-43B8-9EF8-A5D5DF017B32 127. Rhodacarus calcarulatus Berlese, 1920 Rhodacarus calcarulatus Berlese, 1920: 164 . Rhodacarus pallidus f. calcarulatus .— Sheals, 1958: 299 . Rhodacarus calcarulatus .— Lee, 1970: 29 ; Bregetova & Shcherbak, 1977b: 269 ; Castagnoli & Pegazzano, 1985: 57; Karg, 1993: 335 ; Kalúz, 1994: 675 . Rhodacarus ( Rhodacarus ) calcarulatus .— Shcherbak, 1980: 67 . Rhodacarus elbius Karg, 1971: 322 (synonymy by Bregetova & Shcherbak, 1977b: 269 ). TYPE DEPOSITORY of R . calcarulatus : Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria , Florence, Italy ; of R . elbius : Institut für Pflanzenschutzforschung – Biologische Zentralanstalt der Deutschen Akademie der Landwirtschaftswissenschaften zu Berlin , Kleinmachnow, Germany . TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT of R . calcarulatus : Italy , Portici, Napoli, in moss; of R . elbius : Germany , margin of Elbe River, Vockerode, [Wittenberg], 1967, in humus. 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. NOTE 2 : Rhodacarus calcarulatus Berlese sensu Athias-Henriot (1961) and Karg (1971) were misidentifications of R . reconditus Athias-Henriot, 1961 (see below). The two species may be distinguished by the V-shaped groove in the podonotal shield - absent in R . calcarulatus , present in R . reconditus .