Family TRIGONUROPODIDAE Hirschmann, 1979 (nomen nudum)
Introduction
Hirschmann (1979b) used the name Trigonuropodidae for this family, but did not provide a description or any means of defining the family. The family name was later used by Farrier & Hennessey (1993), Halliday (1998) and Kontschán (2008, 2010), but none of those authors provided a description of the family. The name is therefore technically unavailable under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, but no other name is available for this family, and the family concept is taxonomically useful, so it is provisionally used here until this problem can be corrected (Halliday, 2016).
The family as used here includes a single genus Trigonuropoda, with about 80 species that occur in tropical forest litter in east and southeast Asia, Australia, Pacific islands, and South America. Hirschmann & Wisniewski (1993) arranged these species in a series of species groups, which were previously treated as genera or subgenera. The Australian fauna includes six species, which were included in a key by Hirschmann (1975a). No new species have been added to the fauna since that time. Perdomo et al. (2012) recorded an unidentified species from Victoria.
The name Trigonuropoda tragardhi was first published by Hirschmann (1975a), referring to specimens collected in Polynesia (original spelling trägardhi). Further comparative information appeared in Hirschmann (1975b) and the formal description appeared in Hirschmann (1975c). The name T. tragardhi Hirschmann, 1975, was a new name for T. polyphemus (Vitzthum, 1935) sensu Trägårdh, 1952, which was considered to be a different species from T. polyphemus (Vitzthum). Trägårdh's specimens were collected from Austral Islands and Flint Islands, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Hirschmann (1975a) cited these localities correctly, but later Hirschmann (1979a) gave these localities incorrectly as "Australien, Flint Islands". Hirschmann & Wisniewski (1993) also recorded the species from Australia. However, these records appear to be in error, based on the misinterpretation of the name Austral Islands. Trigonuropoda tragardhi has not been recorded from Australia. Hirschmann & Wisniewski (1993) also incorrectly emended the name from trägardhi to traegardhi (see Halliday 1996).
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
Trigonuropodidae: Trigonuropoda traegardhi Hirschmann, 1975 [subsequent misspelling] — Hirschmann, W. & Wisniewski, J. 1993. Acari Parasitiformes. Supercohors Atrichopygidiina Hirschmann 1975. Die Uropodiden der Erde. Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 40: 1-466
Trigonuropodidae: Trigonuropoda tragardhi Hirschmann, 1975 — Hirschmann, W. 1975. Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 210. Die Adulten der Gattung Trigonuropoda Trägardh 1952. Adulten-Gruppen und Bestimmungstabelle von 59 Trigonuropoda-Arten (Dinychini, Uropodinae). Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 21: 49-61
General References
Farrier, M.H. & Hennessey, M.K. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America. An annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service Technical Bulletin 303: 1-408
Halliday, R.B. 1996. Comments on the type species of the genus Trigonuropoda Trägårdh 1952 (Acarina: Uropodidae). Acarologia 37: 75-81
Halliday, R.B. 2016. Catalogue of families and their type genera in the mite suborder Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa 4061(4): 347-366.
Hirschmann, W. 1975a. Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 210. Die Adulten der Gattung Trigonuropoda Trägardh 1952. Adulten-Gruppen und Bestimmungstabelle von 59 Trigonuropoda-Arten (Dinychini, Uropodinae). Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 21: 49-61
Hirschmann, W. 1975b. Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 211. Revision der Gattung Trigonuropoda Trägardh 1952. Mundwerkzeuge (Gangmerkmale). C1-Teilgang-Gruppen (P, D, W, M) (Dinychini, Uropodinae). Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 21: 61-64
Hirschmann, W. 1975c. Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 212. Gänge, Teilgänge, Stadien von 57 neuen Trigonuropoda-Arten (Dinychini, Uropodinae). Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 21: 65-92 pls 8-15
Hirschmann, W. 1979a. Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 338. Bestimmbare Uropodiden-Arten der Erde (ca. 1200 Arten), geordnet nach dem Gangsystem Hirschmann 1979 und nach Adulten-Gruppen (Stadien, Heimatländer, Synonyma, Literatur). Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 26: 15-57
Hirschmann, W. 1979b. Stadiensystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 1. Stadienfamilien und Stadiengattungen der Atrichopygidiina, erstellt im Vergleich zum Gangsystem Hirschmann 1979. Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 26: 57-70
Hirschmann, W. & Wisniewski, J. 1993. Acari Parasitiformes. Supercohors Atrichopygidiina Hirschmann 1975. Die Uropodiden der Erde. Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 40: 1-466
Kontschán, J. 2008. Trigonuropoda (Baloghiatrigon) dominicana sp. nov. from the Dominican Republic, with notes on the subgenus Baloghiatrigon Hirschmann, 1979 (Acari: Uropodina: Trigonuropodidae). Zootaxa 1856: 55–66
Kontschán, J. 2010. Uropodina mites (Acari) collected in Costa Rica, I. Opuscula Zoologica. Budapest 40: 23–33
Perdomo, G., Evans, A., Maraun, M., Sunnucks, P. & Thompson, R. 2012. Mouthpart morphology and trophic position of microarthropods from soils and mosses are strongly correlated. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 53: 56–63
Trägårdh, I. 1952. Acarina, collected by the Mangarevan expedition to South Eastern Polynesia in 1934 by the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Mesostigmata. Arkiv för Zoologi 4: 45-90
Vitzthum, H.G. 1935. Terrestriche Acarinen von den Society-Inseln. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 113: 149-156
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | Acari | 20-Sep-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Bruce Halliday |
| 01-May-2017 | Acari | 20-Sep-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Bruce Halliday |
| 07-May-2013 | 20-Sep-2021 | MODIFIED | ||
| 09-Nov-2011 | ADDED |