Uropoda Latreille, 1806

Uropoda Latreille, 1806: 157 .

Type species Uropoda vegetans Latreille, 1806: 158, by monotypy. (= Acarus orbicularis Müller, 1776).

Notes. Oudemans (1936, page 396) and Vitzthum (1942, page 787) reported that Uropoda vegetans Latreille, 1806: 157 is a junior synonym of Acarus orbicularis Müller, 1776: 187 . Acarus vegetans Latreille, 1806 is also a junior primary homonym of Acarus vegetans De Geer, 1768, which is not the same species. Uropoda vegetans Latreille, 1806 is now referred to under the name of its synonym Uropoda orbicularis (Müller, 1776) . Kramer (1881) and Canestrini & Canestrini (1882b) incorrectly referred to a genus name Uropoda De Geer.