Species Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank, 1781)
- Tyroglyphus lintneri Osborne, H. 1893. A new mite infecting mushrooms. Science (Washington, D.C.) 22: 360.
- Tyroglyphus longior castellanii Hirst, S. 1912. Report on the mite causing Copra Itch. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 15: 374-375.
Introduction
A recent revision of the genus Tyrophagus by Fan & Zhang (2007a) cast doubt on the identity and correct name of the species that has commonly been referred to as Tyrophagus putrescentiae. Fan & Zhang (2007a) showed that the name Tyrophagus putrescentiae has been applied to two different species. They proposed the new name Tyrophagus communis Fan & Zhang, 2007 for the more common of those species, and used the name Tyrophagus putrescentiae for the less common species. Klimov & OConnor (2009, 2010) argued that the usage of the name Tyrophagus putrescentiae for the common species should be maintained, and proposed the new name Tyrophagus fanetzhangorum Klimov & OConnor, 2009 for the less common species. Until this matter is resolved, I have maintained the existing usage of Tyrophagus putrescentiae for the common species that inhabits stored food all over the world.
This species is the subject of a huge amount of literature, and only selected references are listed here, especially those of Australian relevance.
General References
Banks, N. 1906. A revision of the Tyroglyphidae of the United States. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology. Technical Series 13: 1-34 pls I-VI (as Tyroglyphus lintneri)
Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp. (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Champ, B.R. 1965. An investigation of peanut storage pests in Queensland. 1. Introduction, species and pest status. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Science 22: 227-240 (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Champ, B.R. 1966. Insects and mites associated with stored products in Queensland. 4. Acarina and Pseudoscorpiones. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Science 23: 197-210 (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Colloff, M.J. 2009. Dust Mites. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing pp. 583. (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Domrow, R. 1992. Acari Astigmata (excluding feather mites) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 1459-1606 (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Emery, R.N. & Nayak, M.K. 2007. Pests of stored grains. pp. 40–62 in Bailey, P.T. (ed.). Pests of Field Crops and Pastures. Identification and Control. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing pp. 520. (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Fan, Q.-H. & Zhang, Z.-Q. 2007a. Tyrophagus (Acari: Astigmata: Acaridae). Fauna of New Zealand 56: 1-290
Fan, Q.-H. & Zhang, Z.-Q. 2007b. Revision of some species of Tyrophagus (Acari: Acaridae) in the Oudemans Collection. Systematic and Applied Acarology 12: 253–280
Griffiths, D.A. 1979. The morpho-species and its relationship to the biological species in the genus Tyrophagus (Acaridae, Acarina). pp. 199-212 in Rodriguez, J. G. (ed.). Recent Advances in Acarology. Proceedings of the 5th International Congress of Acarology (East Lansing, Michigan 1978). New York : Academic Press Vol. 1. (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Hughes, A.M. 1961. The Mites of Stored Food Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Technical Bulletin no. 9. London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office 287 pp. (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Hughes, A.M. 1976. The Mites of Stored Food and Houses. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Technical Bulletin. London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office Vol. 9 400 pp. (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
ICZN 1985. Opinion 1298. Tyrophagus Oudemans, 1924 (Acarina) Clarification of name of type species and conservation. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42: 124-127 (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
James, D.G. 1993. Pollen, mould mites and fungi: improvements to mass rearing of Typhlodromus doreenae and Amblyseius victoriensis. Experimental and Applied Acarology 17: 271-276 (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Klimov, P.B. & OConnor, B.M. 2009. Conservation of the name Tyrophagus putrescentiae, a medically and economically important mite species (Acari: Acaridae). International Journal of Acarology 35: 95-114 (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Klimov, P.B. & OConnor, B.M. 2010. Acarus putrescentiae Schrank, 1781 (currently Tyrophagus putrescenitae; Acariformes, Acaridae): proposed conservation of usage by designation of a replacement neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 67: 24-27 (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Lea, A.M. 1908. Insect and Fungus Pests of the Orchard and Farm. Hobart, Tasmania : Government Printer 3, 175 pp. (as Tyroglyphus siro)
Lee, D.C. & Southcott, R.V. 1979. Spiders and other Arachnids of South Australia. In South Australian Yearbook, 1979. South Australian Government Printer : Adelaide. 15 pp. (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Michael, A.D. 1903. British Tyroglyphidae. London : Ray Society Vol. 2 183 pls i-x. (as Tyroglyphus lintneri)
Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Oudemans, A.C. 1924. Verslag. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 67: xxii-xxviii (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Rainbow, W.J. 1906. A synopsis of Australian Acarina. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 145-193 (as Tyroglyphus siro)
Robertson, P.L. 1959. A revision of the genus Tyrophagus, with a discussion on its taxonomic position in the Acarina. Australian Journal of Zoology 7: 146-181 (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Robertson, P.L. 1981. Tyrophagus Oudemans, 1924 (Acarina) proposals to clarify the name of the type species and to conserve the name of an important pest species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38: 125-129 (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Southcott, R.V. 1976. Arachnidism and allied syndromes in the Australian region. Records of the Adelaide Children's Hospital 1: 97-186 (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Southcott, R.V. 1978. Australian Harmful Arachnids and Their Allies. Mitcham, South Australia : R. V. Southcott 36 pp. (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Stone, C. & Simpson, J.A. 1991. Effect of six chemicals on the insects, mites, nematodes and fungi associated with Ips grandicollis (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera : Scolytidae) in northeastern New South Wales. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 21-28 (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Swan, D.C. 1937. Insects and other invertebrates of economic importance in South Australia during the period July 1934, to June 1936. Journal of Agriculture of South Australia 40: 717-731 (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Taylor, F.H. 1946. Spiders, ticks and mites, including the species harmful to man in Australia and New Guinea. Section 1. Descriptive. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publications (School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney) 6: 1-234 (as var. of Tyrophagus longior)
Womersley, H. 1941. Studies in Australian Acarina. (2). Tyroglyphidae (s. l.). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 6: 451-488 (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Womersley, H. 1955. The acarina fauna of mutton birds' nests on a Bass Strait Island. Australian Journal of Zoology 3: 412-438 (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
Zakhvatkin, A.A. 1941. Fauna of U.S.S.R. Arachnoidea. Vol. VI. No. 1. Tyroglyphoidea (Acari).Translated and edited by A. Ratcliffe and A. M. Hughes, 1959. Washington D.C. : American Institute of Biological Sciences 573 pp. (as Tyrophagus putrescentiae)
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