Hermannia gibba (C. L. Koch, 1839)

Nothrus gibbus C. L. Koch, 1839, fasc. 29 (4).

Angelia piceus, Berlese, 1885c, pp. 9, 10.

Nothrus piceus, Berlese, 1886a, fasc. 33 (6).

Hermannia picea, Berlese, 1896b, p. 31; 1913a, p. 157, prep. II-13.

Berlese contributed the species to the genera Angelia, Nothrus, and Hermannia successively. In the " Acari Myriapoda et Scorpiones " (1886a) he mentioned Nothrus convexus C. L. Koch and Hermannia crassipes Nicolet as Synonyms. In fact Nothrus piceus C. L. Koch, and Nothrus convexus C. L. Koch are different species, whilst Berlese overlooked that the species described by him is identical with Nothrus gibbus C. L. Koch .

H. gibba is present in the Acarotheca italica, but appears to be absent from the Berlese Collection.

I remark that little has been published on the morphology of this common species, although it appears highly interesting; I refer to my future monograph.