Parhypochthonius Berlese, 1904

Parhypochthonius Berlese, 1904b, p. 25: 1910, p. 218: 1913a, p. 7 1).

Berlese published the diagnosis of Parhypochthonius together with the description of the type-species ( P. aphidinus). In 1910 (p. 219) he added two species to the genus, of which in my opinion one ( urticinus) indeed belongs to it, whilst the other ( acarinus) has become the type of the genus Aphelacarus ( Palaeacaroidea) 2).

1) In the original diagnosis, the generic name is spelt as Parhypochthonius, but on the same page the type-species is named Parypochthonius aphidinus . The same difference in spelling is found in Berlese's 1910 paper; here the spelling Parhypochthonius is found in the key, Parypochthonius in the description of two species.

2) Schweizer (1956, pp. 219-221, figs. 126-130) described five "new" species as representatives of Parhypochthonius; these are, however, nymphs and larvae of higher Oribatid mites ( Trichoribates, Ceratozetes, Scheloribates, Sphaerozetes or Chamobates).