Brachychthonius italicus Berlese

van der Hammen, L., 1959, Berlese's Primitive Oribatid Mites, Zoologische Verhandelingen 40, pp. 1-93 : 20

Brachychthonius italicus Berlese , 1910

Brachychthonius brevis var. italicus Berlese , 1910, p. 220, pl. 19 fig. 40.

B. italicus was described as a variety of B. brevis Berlese (non Michael). Modern authors correctly regard it as a separate species. Jacot (1938, p. 131) classified B. italicus in Brachychochthonius , which generic name here is considered a synonym of Brachychthonius .

The species is known from several countries in Europe; the type-locality is Florence.