Pseudotritia punctulata, Willmann, 1920

van der Hammen, L., 1959, Berlese's Primitive Oribatid Mites, Zoologische Verhandelingen 40, pp. 1-93 : 37-38

Pseudotritia punctulata (Berlese, 1913)

Phtiracarus punctulatus Berlese , 1913, p. 102, pl. 8 fig. 97 2).

Tritia punctulata , Lombardini, 1936, p. 50.

In 1913 Berlese used " Phtiracarus " instead of Tritia ; Berlese (1913a, p. 55) lists punctulatus indeed as a " Phtiracarus " with other Oribotritiidae and Euphthiracaridae . The present species apparently belongs to the last-mentioned family. I have contributed it to the genus Pseudotritia , although there is no certainty about this relationship.

The species was mentioned by Lombardini, but I have seen no slide in the Berlese Collection. Judging from the original description and figure the species mainly differs from P. reticulata by the microsculpture of the tegument. The type-locality is "Cansiglio".

2) Although fig. 97a, representing the microsculpture of a tegument, is placed close to fig. 97, it appears to belongs to fig. 98 ( Pseudotritia reticulata ).