Species Dichothrombium retentum (Banks, 1916)

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• Rhyncholophus retentus Banks, N. 1916. Acarians from Australian and Tasmanian ants and ant-nests. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 224-240 pls XXIII-XXX.

Introduction

The original description of this species by Banks (1916) is very brief and lacks some important details. As a result the correct generic placement of the species remains unresolved.

General References

Beron, P. 2008. Acarorum Catalogus. I. Acariformes: Calyptostomatoidea (Calyptostomatidae), Erythraeoidea (Smarididae, Erythraeidae). Sofia : Pensoft pp. 271. (as Rhyncholophus retentus, species inquirenda)

Gunther, C.E.M. 1952. A check list of the Trombiculid larvae of Asia and Australasia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 77: 1-60 (as Acomatacarus retentus)

Mąkol, J., Łaydanowicz, J. & Kłosińska, A. 2010. Myrmecophilous Parasitengona (Acari: Prostigmata) - accident or adaptation? Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 60: 429–437 (as [?] Rhyncholophus retentus)

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 Dichothrombium retentum)

Southcott, R.V. 1986. The genus Odontacarus (Acarina : Trombiculidae). II. Observations on the life history and morphology of Odontacarus swani n. sp., and related forms. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 19: 169-200 (as Scopitrombium retentum)

Thor, S. & Willmann, C. 1947. Fam. Trombidiidae. Das Tierreich 71b: 187-541 (as Microtrombidium retentum)

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 Microtrombidium retentus)

Womersley, H. 1937. A revision of the Australian Trombidiidae (Acarina). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 6: 75-100 (as Calothrombium retentus)

Womersley, H. 1945. Acarina of Australia and New Guinea. The family Leeuwenhoekiidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 69: 96-113 (as Acomatacarus retentus)

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