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Issue: Vol. 2107 No. 1: 15 May. 2009
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2009-05-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2107.1.4
Page range: 65–68
Abstract views: 35
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Validity and interpretation of Murcia Koch, Trichoribates Berlese and their type species (Acari: Oribatida: Ceratozetidae)

Institute of Zoology, Free University Berlin; Koenigin-Luise-Str. 1-3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry; 1 Forestry Drive; Syracuse, New York 13210, USA
Acari Oribatida Ceratozetidae

Abstract

In the literature there is much confusion about the identity and taxonomic position of two common oribatid mite species in the family Ceratozetidae: Oribates setosus C.L. Koch, 1839, and Murcia trimaculata C.L. Koch, 1835. Related to these problems, there are contrary opinions about the validity of two ceratozetid genera, Murcia Koch, 1835 and Trichoribates Berlese, 1910, and the identity of their type species. Important conclusions on these issues have been proposed in the past (Jacot 1929; Pérez-Iñigo 1993) but these were not followed in an important recent catalog (Subías 2004). In the following, we summarize and comment on the history of these problems, and argue in the context of the current ICZN rules to preserve nomenclatural stability.

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