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.