NOTHRIDAE

van der Hammen, L., 1959, Berlese's Primitive Oribatid Mites, Zoologische Verhandelingen 40, pp. 1-93 : 61

NOTHRIDAE Berlese, 1885

Grandjean (1954) separated the genus Nothrus from the Camisiidae , and consequently created a family Nothridae . This family is distinctly different from the Camisiidae by the following characters: the notogastral hair f1 is present in all stages; there is neotrichy of the epimeres; there are only 2 pairs of adoral hairs; there is no genital neotrichy; the aggenital hairs appear to be absent. Sellnick and Forsslund (1955) still classified the genus Nothrus with the Camisiidae .

Some misunderstanding has arisen about the names of the two families. The name Nothridae was originally created by Berlese (1885c, p. 5; 1885a, p. 126); Oudemans (1900a) emended it into Camisiidae . Berlese (1896b) enumerated the following heterogeneous collection of genera as representatives of the Nothridae : Ameronothrus , Hermannia , Neoliodes , Angelia , Nothrus , and Hypochthonius . Although Berlese (1885a) used the name Angelia in the sense of the modern Nothrus conception, and Nothrus in the sense of Camisia , Berlese must be considered the author of the name Nothridae . Below, the nomenclatorial reasons for the present use of the name Nothrus are dealt with.