Protoribates lophotrichus (Berlese, 1904)

Walter, David Evans & Latonas, Sarah, 2013, A review of the ecology and distribution of Protoribates (Oribatida, Oripodoidea, Haplozetidae) in Alberta, Canada, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 3620 (3), pp. 483-499 : 492

Protoribates lophotrichus (Berlese, 1904)

Oribates lophothrichus Berlese, 1904: 27 .

Protoribates lophothrichus (Berlese, 1904) —Sellnick 1928: 15.

Protoribates lophotrichus (Berlese, 1904) —Willmann 1931:160 (emendation for grammar—see Marshall et al. 1987); Miko et al. 1994.

Xylobates lophotrichus (Berlese, 1904) —Sengbusch 1957: 133.

Xylobates prionota Woolley, 1968: 262 .

Xylobates prionotus Woolley, 1968 — Marshall et al. 1987: 268.

Xylobates prionus (Woolley) —Norton & Kethley: 490 (misspelling).

Styloribates pectinatus Jacot, 1934 —Subías 2004: 391

Xylobates prionotus Woolley, 1968 —Subías 2004: 391.

Material examined. Holotype Ƥ Xylobates prionota Woolley, 1968 : USA, Michigan: Label (in faint pencil): Livingston Co, Mich; E.S. George Reserve; 27 Nov – 1949; K. Bohnsack; 215A; in USNM. Paratypes 3 Ƥ same data as holotype; 2 Ƥ same data except Dec. 10, 1949, in Field Museum of Natural History.

Remarks. Subías (2004) lists P. prionotus as a junior synonym of P. lophotrichus , a species most easily characterized by its setiform sensillus. Examination of the holotype of Xylobates prionota Woolley, 1968 , shows that the Subías (2004) synonymy appears to be correct. As shown in the redescription of P. lophotrichus by Miko et al. (1994), P. prionotus has the same distinctive sensillus, the same leg chaetotaxy, a tutorium expressed as a tectum, and 5 pairs of genital setae (erroneously given as 4 pairs in Woolley (1968)). The palps are not clearly visible in the holotype, but in one paratype they have the same distinctive, short and broad apophysis bearing the double-horn (see Fig IV 3 in Miko et al. (1994)).