Species Microsmaris joannae Hirst, 1928

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• Microsmaris joannae Hirst, S. 1928. On some new Australian mites of the families Trombidiidae and Erythraeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 1: 563-571.
• Microsmaris goannae Hirst, S. 1928. On some new Australian mites of the families Trombidiidae and Erythraeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 1: 563-571 [original spelling].

Introduction

Hirst (1928) described Microsmaris joannae (as goannae) from Eucalyptus bark in Adelaide. Womersley (1934) explained that the species was named for Miss Joan Cleland, and had no relation to the Australian goannas of the genus Varanus (Reptilia). Southcott (1961) argued persuasively that this name should be interpreted as an incorrect original spelling, and emended it to Microsmaris joannae, in honour of Joan Cleland.

General References

Beron, P. 2008. Acarorum Catalogus. I. Acariformes: Calyptostomatoidea (Calyptostomatidae), Erythraeoidea (Smarididae, Erythraeidae). Sofia : Pensoft pp. 271. (as Microsmaris joannae)

Mąkol, J. & Wohltmann, A. 2012. An annotated checklist of terrestrial Parasitengona (Actinotrichida: Prostigmata) of the world, excluding Trombiculidae and Walchiidae. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62: 359–562 (as Microsmaris joannae)

Southcott, R.V. 1946. Studies on Australian Erythraeidae (Acarina). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 71: 7-48 (as Microsmaris goannae)

Southcott, R.V. 1961. Studies on the systematics and biology of the Erythraeoidea (Acarina), with a critical revision of the genera and subfamilies. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 367-610 pl. 1 (as Microsmaris joannae)

Womersley, H. 1934. A revision of the trombid and erythraeid mites of Australia with descriptions of new genera and species. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5: 179-254 (as Microsmaris goannae)

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