Species Sejus acanthurus Canestrini, 1884

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• Sejus acanthurus 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.

Introduction

Sejus acanthurus Canestrini, 1884 was described from a “lamellicorne” beetle from Australia. It was subsequently recorded from Paraguay by Berlese (1888) and from Italy by Berlese (1892a), and these records were catalogued by Berlese (1892b), as Zercon acanthurus (Canestrini). However, both of these later records proved to be misidentifications – the specimens from Paraguay were later transferred to Seius paricornis Berlese, 1916, and the Italian records to Seius italicus Berlese, 1916 (Berlese, 1916, 1920; Castagnoli & Pegazzano, 1985). The Australian species S. acanthurus is still known only from the original record by Canestrini (1884). It has never been redescribed, and its identity and correct placement are not clear.

General References

Banks, N. 1902. New genera and species of acarians. The Canadian Entomologist 34: 171-176 (as Liroaspis acanthurus)

Berlese, A. 1888. Acari Austro-Americani quos collegit Aloysius Balzan. Manipulus primus. Species novas circiter quinquaginta complectens. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 20: 171-222 pls V-XIII

Berlese, A. 1892a. Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta 70. 30 text pages + Plates 1-14 Reprint by Junk, The Hague, 1979.

Berlese, A. 1892b. Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta. Ordo Mesostigmata (Gamasidae). Patavii : Sumptibus Auctoris 143 pp.

Berlese, A. 1916. Centuria seconda di Acari nuovi. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 12: 125-177

Berlese, A. 1920. Acari Myriopoda et Pseudoscorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta. Indici. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 14: 77–105

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

Castagnoli, M. & Pegazzano, F. 1985. Catalogue of the Berlese Acaroteca. Firenze : Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria 490 pp.

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

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