TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - A review of the genus Holostaspella Berlese,1904 (Acarina: Macrochelidae)
VL  - 9
IS  - Suppl
SP  - 91
EP  - 146
PY  - 1967
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Krantz, G.W.
UR  - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=3581
DA  - 1967-11-01
KW  - Acari
KW  - Holostaspella
KW  - Macrocheles
KW  - new species
KW  - new combination
KW  - systematics
KW  - Central America
KW  - North America
KW  - Africa
AB  - The genus Holostaspella Berlese, a cosmopolitan assemblage of phoretic and free-living Macrochelidae, is reviewed. Redescriptions of a number of described species and diagnoses of new species are included. A diagnosis of the genus Holostaspella and a key to known species is presented. Areolaspis Tragardh is synonymized with Holostaspella. New species of Holostaspella described herein are as follows: ainscoughi, ancylothrix, aplodontiae, berlesei, polytrema, similis and stenaspis. The following synonymies are proposed: Holostaspella egregia Vitzthum 1925 syn. of Holostaspella moderata Berlese 1920. Macrocheles fonsecai Fox 1946 syn. [?] of Holostaspella bifoliata (Tragardh) 1952. Holostaspella polyornata Turk 1948 syn. of Macrocheles mammifer Berlese 1918. New combinations are as follows: Holostaspella bifoliata (Tragradh) (formerly Areolaspis bifoliatus Tragardh). Macrocheles bisignata (Berlese) (formerly Holostaspella bisignata Berlese). Macrocheles hirsutissima (Berlese) (formerly Holostaspella hirsutissima Berlese). Macrochetes spinosissima (Berlese) (formerly Holostaspella spinosissima Berlese).
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