A revision of the Pheroliodidae, fam. n. (Acari: Oribatei)

• Autor(a) principal: Paschoal,Adilson D.
• Data de Publicação: 1986
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Zoologia (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81751986000200002

The new family Pheroliodidae, herei nproposed, includes the following genera and species Pheroliodes Grandjean (in whose synonymy Pedrocortesia Hammer is placed), with the species: casa-branquensis, sp. n. (Brazil, São Paulo, Casa Branca), pellitus, sp. n. (Brazil, São Paulo, Piracicaba), nemoricultricis, sp. n. (Brazil, São Paulo, Piracicaba), wehnekei (Willmann) (Guatemala, Venezuela), roblensis Covarrubias (Chile), mirabilis (Hammer), n. comb. (Argentina): Pedrocortesia elegans Hammer, P. intermedia Hammer, both from Peru, P. fissurata Balogh & Mahunka and P. inaequalis Balogh & Mahunka, both from Mongolia, P. franzi Balogh (Chad), P. africana Balogh (Kenya), P. vermicularis Balogh (New Guinea) and P. sculptrata Aoki (Corea) are considered incertae sedis; Lopholiodes, gen. n., includes the species micropunctinatum, sp. n., the type-species (Brazil, São Paulo, Anhumas) and macropunctinatum, sp. n. (Brazil, São Paulo, Piracicaba): Octoliodes, gen n., includes the species leuteomarginatus (Hammer), n. comb., the type-species (New ealand) and rotoruensis (Hammer), n. comb. (New Zealand): and Licnoliodes Grandjean, with the species: andrei Grandjean, type-species (Spain and Algeria), adminensis Grandjean, type-species (Spain and Algeria), adminensis Grandjean (Maroc, Algeria, Spain) and apunctatus Mahunka (Greece).