Species Berlesia rapax Canestrini, 1884

• Berlesia rapax Canestrini, G. 1884. Acari nuovi o poco noti. Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 6 2: 693-724 pls VI-IX.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Berlesia rapace Canestrini, 1884 [subsequent misspelling]. —
  Berlese, A. 1910. Lista di nuove specie e nuovi generi di Acari. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 6: 242-271

Introduction

Canestrini (1884) described Berlesia rapax from two females collected from cotton that had been used to pack insects of Australian origin. Sellnick (1958) recorded the same species on the basis of a male from Sweden, but that record must be regarded as unconfirmed.

General References

Berlese, A. 1910. Lista di nuove specie e nuovi generi di Acari. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 6: 242-271 (as Berlesia rapace)

Rainbow, W.J. 1906. A synopsis of Australian Acarina. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 145-193 (as Berlesia rapax)

Sellnick, M. 1958. Milben aus Landwirtschaftlichen betrieben Nordschwedens. Meddelanden Statens Växtskyddsanstalt Stockholm 11: 9-59 (as Berlesia rapax)

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