Ameroseius gabonensis Elsen, 1973

Masan, Peter, 2017, A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna, ZooKeys 704, pp. 1-228 : 1

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scientific name	Ameroseius gabonensis Elsen, 1973
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Ameroseius gabonensis Elsen, 1973: 753.

Ameroseius gabonensis . - Narita et al. 2015: 396.

Type depository.

Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren Belgium.

Type locality and habitat.

Democratic Republic of Congo (as Zaire), Lemba, Mayumbe, on longhorn beetle, Ancylonotus tribulus ( Coleoptera , Cerambycidae ). Cameroon and Gabon (paratypes).

Comparative material.

Democratic Republic of Congo: 2 ♀♀ (MRAC: 142495, holotype; MRAC: 170349, paratype) - 5. 5. 1970, Lemba, Ancylonotus tribulus , leg. P. Elsen. Gabon: 2 ♀♀ (MRAC: 142504, 170348, paratypes) - Oct. 1913, Libreville, Crocisa meripes , leg. G. Babault.

Remarks.

Given that the characteristics of the type specimens of Ameroseius gabonensis are within the range of variability found in Ameroseius leclercqi Elsen, 1973, I suspect A. gabonensis to be a synonym of A. leclercqi .