Species Gaeolaelaps aculeifer (Canestrini, 1884)

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• Laelaps aculeifer 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.
• Androlaelaps concisus Womersley, H. 1956. On some new Acarina-Mesostigmata from Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 42: 505-599.

Introduction

It is likely that several different species have been referred to in the literature under the names Hypoaspis aculeifer or Gaeolaelaps aculeifer.

General References

Beaulieu, F. 2009. Review of the mite genus Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till (Acari: Laelapidae), and description of a new species from North America, G. gillespiei n. sp. Zootaxa 2158: 33-49 (as Gaeolaelaps aculeifer)

Beaulieu, F. & Weeks, A.R. 2007. Free-living mesostigmatic mites in Australia: their roles in biological control and bioindication. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 47: 460–478 (as Gaeolaelaps aculeifer)

Evans, G.O. & Till, W.M. 1966. Studies on the British Dermanyssidae (Acari : Mesostigmata). Part II. Classification. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 14: 109-370 (as Hypoaspis aculeifer)

Karg, W. 1979. Die Gattung Hypoaspis Canestrini, 1884 (Acarina, Parasitiformes). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 106: 65-104 (as Hypoaspis consisa)

Karg, W. 1982. Zur kenntnis der raubmilbengattung Hypoaspis Canestrini, 1884 (Acarina, Parasitiformes). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 58: 233-256 (as Hypoaspis consisa)

Karg, W. 1989. Zur kenntnis der Untergattungen Geolaelaps, Alloparasitus und Laelaspis der Raubmilbengattung Hypoaspis Canestrini, 1884 (Acarina, Parasitiformes). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 65: 115-126 (as Hypoaspis consisa)

Ryke, P.A.J. 1963. Some free-living Hypoaspidinae (Acari : Mesostigmata) from South Africa. Revista de Biologia 5: 1-15 (as Geolaelaps concisus)

Strong, K.L. & Halliday, R.B. 1994. Three new species of Hypoaspis Canestrini (Acarina: Laelapidae) associated with large Australian cockroaches. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 33: 87-96 (as Hypoaspis aculeifer)

Tenorio, J.M. 1982. Hypoaspidinae (Acari: Gamasida: Laelapidae) of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Insects 24: 259-274 (as Hypoaspis aculeifer)

Walter, D.E. & Stirling, G.R. 2018. Microarthropods in Australian sugarcane soils: A survey with emphasis on the Mesostigmata as potential regulators of nematode populations. Acarologia 58: 673-682. (as Gaeolaelaps aculeifer)

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