taxonID	type	description	language	source
55A5D3DD701A293CE292B82FF9374E7E.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Madagascar: 1 ♀ (MPUV: MP- 1291, holotype by monotypy) - 19. 3. 1986, Ranomafana, Lepidoptera (labelled Afrocypholaelaps ranomafanae, holotype).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
5D996F78FD4E12CDA795B403D31D1049.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (female). Dorsal shield weakly sclerotised, smooth medially and reticulate laterally, oblong, with 29 pairs of subequal setae. Dorsal setae including j 1 short and needle-like, mostly smooth, sometimes delicately pilose to serrate. Setae st 1 and st 2 on sternal shield, st 3 on small pseudo-metasternal platelets and st 4 on soft integument. Sternal and epigynal shield relatively long and narrow, smooth and unornamented on surface. Epigynal shield with anterior hyaline portion produced into a prominent cusp reaching the level of st 2; genital poroids on soft integument, outside the shield. Metapodal platelets absent. Anal shield relatively small, subcircular, bearing three circum-anal setae. Peritrematal shields or peritremes with anterior ends free, not fused to dorsal shield. Opisthogastric soft integument with six pairs of setae (JV 1 - JV 5, ZV 2). Soft striate integument smooth, not incrusted with sclerotic denticles or tubercles. Corniculi slender and convergent, surrounded by hyaline membranes, with undivided and pointed apex. Fixed digit of chelicera unidentate, having hyaline lobed appendage; movable digit edentate, well hooked distally. Epistome with curved and denticulate anterior margin. Palptarsal apotele two-tined. Femur II with two ventral setae, genua II-III and tibiae II-III each with one anterolateral and one posterolateral seta. Tarsi I-IV each with well developed empodium but reduced claws (the claws normal in males and developmental stages). Insemination apparatus with spermathecal ducts entering sacculus foemineus through a common neck-like process of the sacculus.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
891AE0FE4669993DE9D45690FFFC45BB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (adults). Dorsal shield well sclerotised and coarsely ornamented, with 29 pairs of setae, including z 6, similar in length and form, thickened, often flattened, with longitudinal vein and smooth or sparsely serrate lateral margins; setae j 1 differently formed, leaf-like to fan-shaped, with distinctive longitudinal midrib and regularly denticulate anterolateral margin. In female, sternal setae on sternal shield (st 1, st 2), soft integument (st 3, st 4) and epigynal shield (st 5); opisthogastric region with six pairs of setae (JV 1 - JV 5, ZV 2), all on soft integument (anal shield with only three circum-anal setae). In male, ventrianal shield with 3 - 4 pairs of opisthogastric setae (JV 1 on or off the shield, JV 5 always off the shield); setae JV 4 absent. Opisthogastric setae mostly smooth, short and needle-like; setae JV 4 pilose; setae JV 5 modified and similar to those on dorsal shield. Corniculi normally sclerotised, relatively slender, with splitted apex; setae h 1 markedly thickened. Cheliceral digits relatively large, fixed digit of chelicera with three well developed teeth on proximal masticatory area (two proximal teeth somewhat adjacent). Epistome with anterior margin produced into long and narrow central projection. Palptarsal apotele two-tined. Genu III, and tibiae III-IV with two anterolateral and two posterolateral setae. Tarsi of legs I with empodium and claws not developed, terminating with four conspicuously lengthened sensory setae and some shorter ones; tarsi II-IV each with normal empodium and claws.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
A1DCE022BF17EE164A7FE582A3D5D2F9.taxon	description	Plates 1, 2	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
A1DCE022BF17EE164A7FE582A3D5D2F9.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Germany: 1 ♀ (ZMB: 39868, holotype) - Sept. 1962, Manschnow / Oderbruch, 2981 (labelled Ameroseius apodius); 3 ♀♀ (ZMB: 42520) - Kleinmachnow, 1034 (labelled Ameroseius macrochelae). United Kingdom: 1 ♀ (BMNH) - 6. 3. 1963, Sutton Bonington, Nottingham County, oak-beech forest, " Scotland plantation ", leg. D. J. L. Harding.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
A1DCE022BF17EE164A7FE582A3D5D2F9.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Borska Nizina Lowland: Rohoznik Village (Ambros et al. 1992, cited as Ameroseiella apodius). Bukovske Vrchy Hills: Nova Sedlica Village, Zakasarensky Potok Brook (Fenďa et al. 1998, Fenďa and Masan 2003; cited as Ameroseius apodius). Cerova Vrchovina Highland: Surice Village (Fenďa and Masan 2009, cited as Ameroseius apodius). Laborecka Vrchovina Highland: Stakcin Village, Starina Dam, Gazdoran Forest (Fenďa et al. 1998, Fenďa and Masan 2003; cited as Ameroseius apodius). Mala Fatra Mts.: Turcianske Kľacany Village, Kľacianska Magura Mt. (Kaluz and Zuffa 1988, cited as Ameroseiella apodius). Podunajska Rovina Flatland: Dobrohost Village, Dunajske Kriviny Forest (Fenďa et al. 1998, cited as Ameroseius apodius). Gabcikovo Town, Ercsed Forest; Gabcikovo Town, Ostrov Orliaka Morskeho Forest; Vojka Nad Dunajom Village, Hajosok Forest (Fenďa and Lengyel 2007, cited as Ameroseius apodius). Svaety Jur Town, Sur Forest (Fenďa et al. 2011, cited as Ameroseius apodius).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
A1DCE022BF17EE164A7FE582A3D5D2F9.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. borska Nizina Lowland: 1 ♀ - 2. 8. 1993, Bratislava Capital, Devinska Nova Ves Settlement, Devinske Jazero Lake, willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), nest of Falco tinnunculus (Aves), altitude 140 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova. Male Karpaty Mts.: 1 ♀ - 5. 5. 2004, Bratislava Capital, Patronka Settlement, ruderal with hornbeams (Carpinus betulus), strongly decaying seedy sunflowers, altitude 180 m, leg. P. Masan. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 8 ♀♀ - 5. 4. 1989, Kraľovicove Kracany Village, nest of Corvus frugilegus (Aves), altitude 120 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 14 ♀♀ - 26. 7. 1991, Dunajska Streda Town, nest of Accipiter gentilis (Aves), altitude 110 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 2 ♀♀ - 12. 5. 1998, Medveďov Village, shore reed stand (Phragmition), strongly decaying compost (maize), altitude 120 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 1. 5. 2008, Cicov Village, willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), nest of Haliaeetus albicilla (Aves), altitude 115 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova. Trnavska Pahorkatina Highland: 2 ♀♀ - 1. 7. 2001, Horna Streda Village, garden, accumulation of dung and plant refuse, decaying organic detritus, altitude 170 m, leg. P. Masan; 4 ♀♀ - 28. 4. 2002, Horna Streda Village, garden, accumulation of dung and plant refuse, decaying organic detritus, altitude 170 m, leg. P. Masan; 12 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂ - 26. 5. 2005, Senkvice Village, Senkvicky Haj Forest, oak forest (Quercetum), decaying straw and soil detritus, altitude 210 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
325C93F82515784BC5B6511C9AEAD2CC.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Ecuador: 2 ♀♀ (ZMB: 45134, holotype; ZMB: 45135, paratype) - 6. 4. 1985, Galapagos I., Floreana, Uferzone, 85 - 335, 6612 - 6613.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
74A8DDE6DABEEF458B28AA19E0F73EDE.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Chile: 1 ♀ (HNHM: Meso- 636, holotype) - 23. 11. 1965, Azapa (Prov. Tarapaca), unter Steinen, am Bach und am voellig ausgetrockneten Bachbett; 2 ♀♀ (ZMB: 39921, 39922, paratypes) - 23. 11. 1965, Azapa (Prov. Tarapaca), unter Steinen, am Bach und am voellig ausgetrockneten Bachbett, 2998, 2999; 1 ♀ (ZMB: 39923, paratype) - 30. 10. 1965, El Manzano (Prov. Santiago), unter bluehenden Straeuchern im Tal, 3000.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
582BFCB09E1F5770AE6ABD668252CB17.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Democratic Republic of Congo: 1 ♀ (MRAC: 142500, holotype) - Dec. 1935, Eala, Mesotrichia varipes var. atritarsis, leg. J. Ghesquiere; 1 ♀ (MRAC: 142509, paratype) - 14. 11. 1931, Eala, Sphex tuberculatus, leg. J. Bredo; 1 ♀ (MRAC: 170345, paratype) - March 1935, Eala, Sphex haemorrhoidalis var. volubis, leg. A. Corbisier; 1 ♀ (MRAC: 142510, paratype; published as 142501) - July 1952, Equateur, Bokuma, Sphex haemorrhoidalis var. pulchripennis, leg. R. P. Lootens (all type specimens labelled Ameroseius bembix ealensis).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
8E210C040E686F262418BA7CA28AC372.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Democratic Republic of Congo: 1 ♀ (MRAC: 136509, holotype) - Oct. 1920, Katanga, Katompi, Mesotrichia lepeletieri, leg. Ch. Seydel; 1 ♀ (MRAC: 142506, paratype) - Kasai, Kondue, Chlorion ciliatum var. maxillae, leg. E. Luja; 1 ♀ (MRAC: 170379, paratype; published as 142507) - Dec. 1932, Kapanga, Chlorion incomptum, leg. G. F. Overlaet; 1 ♀ (MRAC: 142507, paratype) - Nov. 1932, Lulua, Kapanga, Chlorion ciliatum var. instabile, leg. G. F. Overlaet.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
79ECEE99BDC199EB8022EE42273DBC0B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (adults). Idiosoma oblong and dorsoventrally flattened. Dorsal shield entire, holotrichous, having at most 30 pairs of setae; setae J 1 and J 5 absent. Sternal region with separate sternal and epigynal shields in female, sternitogenital shield in male, and five pairs of sternal setae in both sexes (st 1 - st 5). Sternal shield reduced in size, but entire, with 1 - 3 pairs of sternal setae (normally two pairs); presternal platelets absent. Metasternal setae (st 4) on soft integument or endopodal platelets. Epigynal shield with a pair of genital setae (st 5); genital opening of male with presternal position. Peritremes well developed, long. Posterior ventral surface of adults with anal or ventrianal shield, and with at least four pairs of opisthogastric setae. Three circum-anal setae present. Cheliceral digits short; arthrodial membrane at base of movable digit smooth, without brush-like or filamentous processes. Palptarsal apotele with two or three tines. Hypostome with internal malae usually unmodified and lightly fringed. Tibia I with five dorsal setae; legs II of males without spur-like structures; tarsus II in female usually without enlarged spine-like distal setae; genu IV with normally nine setae, including one ventral (but aberrations exist). Mites with podospermal insemination, spermatodactyl of male present and placed on movable digit of chelicera. Female monogynaspid.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
A7206E6FD71F01C02035035F5D3606C5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (adults). Dorsal shield strongly sclerotised and coarsely sculptured, rugose, callous or ornamented with a series of depressions or interconnecting ridges, and normally with 29 pairs of setae (in Ameroseius magnisetosus group, the shield delicately reticulated and with only 26 - 27 pairs of setae). Dorsal setae similar or differently formed, variously modified, thickened and lengthened, lanceolate or oblanceolate to slightly claviform (plumose, pilose, serrate or spinate on surface), rarely short, smooth and needle-like, and not sexually dimorphic (except Ameroseius fungicola group). In female, st 1 and st 2 on sternal shield, st 3 on small pseudo-metasternal platelets or soft integument and st 4 on soft integument; ventral shields usually well reticulate on surface; genital poroids outside the epigynal shield. Anal shield having three circum-anal setae in female, only rarely bearing an extra pair of opisthogastric setae (JV 3) close to its anterolateral edges; male with expanded ventrianal shield having usually three pairs of opisthogastric setae: JV 2, JV 3, ZV 2 (in Ameroseius dendrovagans, the shield less expanded to capture only two pairs of opisthogastric setae: JV 2, JV 3). Peritrematal shields with anterior ends connected to dorsal shield. Opisthogastric soft integument with five or six pairs of setae in female (JV 4 sometimes absent); male never with JV 4 developed, with five pairs of opisthogastric setae (JV 1 - JV 3, JV 5, ZV 2). Corniculi normally horn-like, relatively broad and parallel, with splitted and pointed apex (in Ameroseius fungicola group, corniculi membranous, hyaline, undivided and directed laterally). In female, fixed digit of chelicera normally tridentate on proximal masticatory area (bidentate in Ameroseius fungicola group); movable digit edentate, at most with subapical denticle, and provided with short spermatodactyl in male. Epistome usually subtriangular, with curved apex, with smooth or denticulate anterior margin. Palptarsal apotele usually three-tined. Genu III and tibiae III-IV with two anterolateral and one posterolateral setae. Tarsi I-IV each with well developed empodium and claws. Insemination apparatus with barely discernible structures.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
54E51ED14D0BD8B689D5FBBBF02701F9.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. U. S. A.: 1 ♀ (LACM: ENT 160784, holotype) - 17. 3. 1955, near Stanton, California, citrus, No. 3 - 31 - 55.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
C9815AD3EAB9E1412657AD136ABBEEF1.taxon	description	Plate 3	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
C9815AD3EAB9E1412657AD136ABBEEF1.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Trnavska Pahorkatina Wold: Brunovce Village (Masan 1998).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
C9815AD3EAB9E1412657AD136ABBEEF1.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Ipeľska Kotlina Basin: 1 ♀ - 23. 6. 1997, Ipeľske Predmostie Village, Ryzovisko Forest, willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), wood-destroying fungus Trametes sp., altitude 130 m, leg. P. Masan. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 4 ♀♀ - 5. 10. 2004, Bratislava Capital, Mlynske Nivy Settlement, park with willows and poplars, individual collecting on fresh wood-destroying fungi, altitude 135 m, leg. P. Masan; 3 ♀♀ - 14. 6. 2015, Bratislava Capital, Cunovo Settlement, wood-destroying fungus (Phellinus sp.) growing on old walnut tree (Juglans regia), altitude 130 m, leg. P. Masan. Povazsky Inovec Mts.: 1 ♀ - 17. 5. 1997, Hradok Village, Hradocka Dolina Valley, broad-leaved deciduous forest, individual collecting on wood-destroying fungi, altitude 450 m, leg. P. Masan. Trnavska Pahorkatina Wold: 1 ♀ - 18. 5. 1997, Brunovce Village, Vah River (alluvium), degraded willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), individual collecting on wood-destroying fungus Trametes sp., altitude 170 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
615D568F52E30E9CEBD69AF1B187EEB7.taxon	description	Plates 4, 5	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
615D568F52E30E9CEBD69AF1B187EEB7.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Hronska Pahorkatina Wold: 2 ♀♀ - 12. 11. 2015, Vieska Nad Zitavou Village, Mlynany Arboretum, deciduous forest, soil with raw humus and wood detritus, altitude 210 m, leg. P. Masan. Ipeľska Pahorkatina Wold: 1 ♀ - 13. 11. 2015, Horsa Village, Horsianska Dolina Valley, hornbeam forest (Carpinion betuli) with oak (Quercus sp.) and elm (Ulmus sp.), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 200 m, leg. P. Masan. Zemplinske Vrchy Hills: 2 ♀♀ - 10. 11. 2006, Ladmovce Village, Kasvar Mt., steppe with small groups of acacia-trees (Robinia pseudoacacia) and oaks (Quercus sp.), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 160 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
6644E59C28F459369B0F71E3827EF842.taxon	description	Plates 6, 7, 8	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
6644E59C28F459369B0F71E3827EF842.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Belgium: 1 ♂ (MRAC: 170354) - 6. 10. 1967, Anvers, zoological garden, litiere de cobaye (Cavia porcellus), leg. P. Elsen (labelled Ameroseiidae). Germany: 1 ♂, 1 ♂ (ZMB: 40082, 40083) - July 1957, Brandenburg, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Stahnsdorf bei Berlin, 2969, 2970; 1 ♂ (ZMB: 40084) - 31. 7. 1958, Brandenburg, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Stahnsdorf bei Berlin, Bodenfall, 2971. Iran: 1 ♀ (CJH) - Guilan Province, olive garden, soil sample, leg. and det. J. Hajizadeh. Italy: 1 ♀, 1 DN (ISZA: 3 / 31) - Cison di Valmarino, Treviso, musco; 3 ♀♀ (ISZA: 27 / 8, 169 / 13) - Castions di Strada, Udine, foglie marce (all labelled Ameroseius hirsutus). Netherlands: 1 ♀ (RMNH: ACA. P. 4055) - 28. 1. 1923, Arnhem, in de steelgroeve van een appel, leg. Oudemans; 1 ♀ (RMNH: ACA. P. 4056) - 7. 5. 1916, Valkeveen (Gooi), rotte bladeren, leg. Mac Gillavry. Norway: 2 ♀♀ (ESALQ: T-MZLQ 3342 C = 7766, holotype and paratype), 1 ♀ (ESALQ: T-MZLQ 3344 C = 7766, paratype) - 27. 4. 2011, Silling, strawberry field (tunel), Ex: litter, leg. I. Kling (labelled Ameroseius norvegicus). United Kingdom: 1 ♀ (BMNH) - 12. 4. 1934, Rednal, nest, leg. T. Warwick, det. G. O. Evans.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
6644E59C28F459369B0F71E3827EF842.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Borska Nizina Lowland: Bratislava Capital, Devin Settlement, Devinske Jazero Lake (Kaluz 2006). Jakubov Village, Jakubovske Rybniky Fishponds (Fenďa 2005, Fenďa and Schniererova 2005). Malacky Town, Vinohradok Area (Kristofik et al. 2005). Zavod Village, Abrod Meadow (Kaluz and Carnogursky 2000, Kaluz 2003). Bukovske Vrchy Hills: Nova Sedlica Village, Vrch Hrbu Mt.; Ulic Village (Fenďa and Masan 2003). Cerova Vrchovina Highland: Chramec Village, Vinohrady Area; Gemersky Jablonec Village, Petrovce Reservoir; Surice Village; Surice Village, Sovi Hrad Mt.; Tachty Village (Fenďa and Masan 2009). Ipeľska Pahorkatina Wold: Zemberovce Village (Kaluz 1994 a). Kosicka Kotlina Basin: Haniska Village, Grajciar Area (Varfalvyova et al. 2010). Kechnec Village (Masan and Stanko 2005). Laborecka Vrchovina Highland: Stakcin Village, Starina Dam, Kremenica Forest (Fenďa and Masan 2003). Male Karpaty Mts.: Borinka Village (Masan et al. 1994). Bratislava Capital, Devin Settlement, Devinska Kobyla Mt.; Bratislava Capital, Devin Settlement, Devinska Lesostep Forest (Kaluz 2005, cited as Ameroseius corbicula). Podunajska Rovina Flatland: Bodiky Village, Bodicka Brana Forest (Kaluz 1997). Dobrohost Village, Dunajske Kriviny Forest; Veľke Blahovo Village (Kristofik et al. 1993). Gabcikovo Town, Istragov Forest (Kaluz 1995 b). Ivanka Pri Dunaji Village (Masan and Kristofik 1993). Svaety Jur Town, Sur Forest, Sursky Rybnik Pond (Fenďa et al. 1998). Slovensky Kras Karst: Silica Village, Pod Fabiankou Forest (Kaluz 1992). Silica Village, Jastericie Jazierko Lake (Kaluz 1995 a, cited as Ameroseius corbicula). Trnavska Pahorkatina Wold: Pezinok Town, Ganok Area (Kaluz 1994 b). Vychodoslovenska Pahorkatina Wold: Egres Village, Zadne Hony Area (Kovac et al. 1999). Vychodoslovenska Rovina Flatland: Cicarovce Village (Kovac et al. 1999). Svaetuse Village (Varfalvyova et al. 2010).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
6644E59C28F459369B0F71E3827EF842.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Borska Nizina Lowland: 1 ♀ - 24. 7. 1998, Stupava Town, littoral reed stand (Phragmition), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 180 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀, 1 ♂ - 25. 4. 2000, Suchohrad Village, reed stand (Phragmition), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 150 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀, 1 ♂ - 27. 6. 2002, Male Levare Village, grassy dike of Morava River nearly wet willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), nest of unidentified small mammal, altitude 150 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 8. 1. 2006, Borsky Svaety Jur Village, village residence, subterraneous night-cellar, decaying potatoes, altitude 170 m, leg. P. Masan. Burda Hills: 1 ♀ - 9. 11. 1997, Kamenica Nad Hronom Village, Kovacovske Kopce-juh Forest, oak forest (Quercetum cerris), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 330 m, leg. P. Masan. Horehronske Podolie Basin: 1 ♀ - 22. 5. 2002, Zlatno Village, Zlatnianske Skalky Forest, pine forest (Pinus sp.), soil and detritus from ant-hill of Formica sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), altitude 755 m, leg. P. Masan. Ipeľska Kotlina Basin: 4 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂, 2 DNs - 23. 6. 1997, Ipeľske Predmostie Village, Ryzovisko Forest, willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), growth of Carex sp., leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 130 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 23. 6. 1997, Ipeľske Predmostie Village, Ryzovisko Forest, willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), wood-destroying fungus Trametes sp., altitude 130 m, leg. P. Masan. Male Karpaty Mts.: 1 ♀ - 25. 6. 1990, Bratislava Capital, Zelezna Studienka Forest, broad-leaved deciduous forest, nest of Motacilla cinerea (Aves), altitude 250 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 2 ♀♀ - 30. 5. 1991, Bratislava Capital, Zelezna Studienka Forest, broad-leaved deciduous forest, individual collecting under bark, stones and pieces of wood, altitude 350 m, leg. P. Masan; 3 ♀♀ - 3. 5. 1998, Bratislava Capital, zoological garden, oak-hornbeam forest (Querco-Carpinetum), individual collecting under bark, stones and pieces of wood, altitude 180 m, leg. P. Masan. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂ - 28. 6. 1989, Veľke Blahovo Village, fish-ponds, shore reed stand (Phragmition), nest of Circus aeruginosus (Aves), altitude 120 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 2 ♀♀ - 5. 6. 1990, Dobrohost Village, willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), nest of Sylvia atricapila (Aves), altitude 120 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 3 ♀♀ - 24. 7. 1990, Veľke Blahovo Village, fish-ponds, shore reed stand (Phragmition), nest of Circus aeruginosus (Aves), altitude 120 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂ - 25. 6. 1991, Veľke Blahovo Village, fish-ponds, shore reed stand (Phragmition), nest of Aythya ferina (Aves), altitude 120 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 1 ♀ - 18. 6. 1994, Dolny Stal, shore reed stand (Phragmition), nest of Emberiza schoeniclus (Aves), altitude 120 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 4 ♀♀, 1 ♂ - 28. 6. 1996, Gabcikovo Town, Istragov Forest, willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 120 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 21. 4. 1998, Veľky Meder Town, ruderal, nest of Clethrionomys glareolus (Mammalia), altitude 110 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 8. 9. 1998, Veľke Kosihy Village, littoral reed stand (Phragmition), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 120 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 28. 4. 1999, Medveďov Village, reed stand (Phragmition), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 120 m, leg. P. Masan; 3 ♀♀ - 3. 5. 2006, Bratislava Capital, air-port, meadow, burrow entry of Spermophilus citellus (Mammalia), rotting leaves and vegetation rests, altitude 150 m, leg. P. Masan. Povazsky Inovec Mts.: 1 ♂ - 23. 8. 1992, Hradok Village, Hradocka Dolina Valley, pasture, dunghill substrate, altitude 350 m, leg. P. Masan; 8 ♀♀ - 10. 5. 1998, Luka Village, steppe, straw and miscellaneous organic detritus, altitude 250 m, leg. P. Masan; 2 ♀♀ - 7. 6. 1998, Luka Village, field, sample of old and drier dung, altitude 300 m, leg. P. Masan. Turcianska Kotlina Basin: 11 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂ - 11. 6. 2000, Turcianske Teplice Town, Diviaky Settlement, nest of Motacilla flava (Aves), altitude 490 m, leg. M. Dobrotka. Zilinska Kotlina Basin: 4 ♀♀ - 14. 9. 1994, Stranavy Village, ruderal with willow (Salix sp.), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 350 m, leg. I. Orszagh.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
B87F7212EBED83CB617BAE59C07876BA.taxon	description	Plates 9, 10	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
B87F7212EBED83CB617BAE59C07876BA.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Germany: 1 ♀ (ZMB: 40091, holotype) - 5. 9. 1963, Mahndorf b. Halberstadt, Wiese a. d. Holt., 2983.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
B87F7212EBED83CB617BAE59C07876BA.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Cerova Vrchovina Highland: Siatorska Bukovinka Village, Dolina Bukovinskeho Potoka Valley (Fenďa and Masan 2009).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
B87F7212EBED83CB617BAE59C07876BA.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Borska Nizina Lowland: 1 ♀ - 26. 8. 1997, Plavecky Stvrtok Village, pine forest (Pinus sylvestris), individual collecting under bark, stones and pieces of wood, altitude 170 m, leg. P. Masan. Burda Hills: 1 ♀ - 9. 11. 1997, Kamenica Nad Hronom Village, Kovacovske Kopce-juh Forest, oak forest (Quercetum cerris), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 330 m, leg. P. Masan. Hronska Pahorkatina Wold: 3 ♀♀ - 12. 11. 2015, Vieska Nad Zitavou Village, Mlynany Arboretum, deciduous forest, soil with wood detritus, altitude 210 m, leg. P. Masan. Ipeľska Pahorkatina Wold: 1 ♀ - 25. 5. 2004, Horsa Village, Horsianska Dolina Valley, hornbeam forest (Carpinion betuli) with oak (Quercus sp.) and elm (Ulmus sp.), leaf litter and decaying plant remnants, altitude 200 m, leg. P. Masan; 9 ♀♀ - 13. 11. 2015, Santovka Village, park, growth of horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), on unidentified wood-destroying fungi, altitude 155 m, leg. P. Masan. Male Karpaty Mts.: 1 ♀ - 30. 5. 1991, Bratislava Capital, Zelezna Studienka Forest, broad-leaved deciduous forest, individual collecting under bark, stones and pieces of wood, altitude 350 m, leg. P. Masan. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 1 ♀ - 8. 5. 2004, Bratislava Capital, Cunovo Settlement, Ostrovne Lucky Forest, forest steppe, moss and wood detritus, altitude 135 m, leg. P. Masan; 10 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂ - 6. 10. 2012, Svaety Jur Town, Sur Forest, forest steppe with oak (Quercus sp.), unidentified decaying wood-destroying fungi on oak stem in soil detritus, altitude 130 m, leg. P. Masan. Povazsky Inovec Mts.: 6 ♀♀ - 13. 10. 2012, Hradok Village, Hradocka Dolina Valley, edge of broad-leaved deciduous forest, decaying wood-destroying fungi, altitude 290 m, leg. P. Masan. Trnavska Pahorkatina Highland: 5 ♀♀, 1 ♂ - 21. 7. 2002, Castkovce Village, park with lime (Tilia sp.), plane Platanus orientalis, poplar (Populus sp.) and maple (Acer sp.), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 180 m, leg. P. Masan. Veľka Fatra Mts.: 4 ♀♀ - 21. 7. 2004, Liptovske Revuce Village, Veľka Rakytova Dolina Valley, deciduous forest, individual collecting under bark and on wood-destroying fungi, altitude 780 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♂ - 21. 7. 2004, Liptovske Revuce Village, Veľka Rakytova Dolina Valley, beech forest (Fagion sylvaticae), rocky canyon, moss, altitude 780 m, leg. P. Masan. Vihorlatske Vrchy Hills: 1 ♂ - 7. 9. 2005, Humenne Town, Humensky Sokol Forest, Cervena Skala Mt., oak-hornbeam forest (Querco-Carpinetum) with cherry (Cerasus avium), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 400 m, leg. P. Masan. Vtacnik Mts.: 1 ♀ - 4. 11. 2003, Ostry Grun Village, Hlboka Dolina Valley, Pokuty, alluvium of brook with Petasites sp., mixed forest (Ulmus sp., Fagus sylvatica and Abies alba), moist soil detritus and moss, altitude 650 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
DBBC693819AB2B040DDC114863E0F721.taxon	description	Plates 11, 12, 13	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
DBBC693819AB2B040DDC114863E0F721.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Cerova Vrchovina Highland: Teply Vrch Village, Hikoriovy Porast Forest (Fenďa and Masan 2009). Male Karpaty Mts.: Bratislava Capital, Zelezna Studienka Forest (Masan 1998). Trnavska Pahorkatina Wold: Brunovce Village; Horna Streda Village (Masan 1998).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
DBBC693819AB2B040DDC114863E0F721.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Ipeľska Kotlina Basin: 141 ♀♀ - 23. 6. 1997, Ipeľske Predmostie Village, Ryzovisko Forest, willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), wood-destroying fungus Trametes sp., altitude 130 m, leg. P. Masan; 5 ♀♀ - 24. 6. 1997, Ipeľske Predmostie Village, pasture in degraded willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), wood-destroying fungus Trametes sp., altitude 130 m, leg. P. Masan; 17 ♀♀ - 13. 11. 2015, Santovka Village, park, growth of horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), on unidentified wood-destroying fungi, altitude 155 m, leg. P. Masan. Male Karpaty Mts.: 36 ♀♀ - 7. 4. 1995, Bratislava Capital, Zelezna Studienka Forest, broad-leaved deciduous forest, individual collecting on wood-destroying fungus (Trametes sp.), altitude 350 m, leg. P. Masan. Povazsky Inovec Mts.: 20 ♀♀ - 17. 5. 1997, Hradok Village, Hradocka Dolina Valley, broad-leaved deciduous forest, individual collecting on wood-destroying fungi, altitude 450 m, leg. P. Masan; 32 ♀♀, 11 ♂♂ - 26. 5. 2013, Luka Village, Srnia Dolina Valley, alluvium of brook, wood-destroying fungus (Phellinus sp.) growing on old walnut tree (Juglans regia), altitude 175 m, leg. P. Masan; 136 ♀♀, 41 ♂♂ - 1. 11. 2013, Luka Village, garden, wood-destroying fungus (Phellinus sp.) growing on old walnut tree (Juglans regia), altitude 175 m, leg. P. Masan. Trnavska Pahorkatina Wold: 49 ♀♀ - 15. 4. 1995, Horna Streda Village, Vah River (alluvium), degraded willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), individual collecting on wood-destroying fungus Trametes sp., altitude 170 m, leg. P. Masan; 7 ♀♀ - 18. 5. 1997, Brunovce Village, Vah River (alluvium), degraded willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), individual collecting on wood-destroying fungus Trametes sp., altitude 170 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
ED2CDB4BE453D101B0E5F46D6BA3A558.taxon	description	Plates 14, 15, 16	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
ED2CDB4BE453D101B0E5F46D6BA3A558.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Germany: 2 ♀♀ (ZMB: 40199, holotype; ZMB: 40200, paratype) - 17. 8. 1967, Kalktuffniedermoor, suedw. von Oechsen / Rhoen, Gras m. Wurzeln am Westhang, 2979, 2980. Iran: 2 ♀♀ (CJH) - Guilan Province, soil sample, leg. J. Hajizadeh. Russia: 10 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂ (IZSAV) - 9. 1. 1973, Crimea, Nikita Botanical Gardens, litter under Quercus pubescens (labelled Ameroseius pseudofurcatus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
ED2CDB4BE453D101B0E5F46D6BA3A558.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Cerova Vrchovina Highland: Siatorska Bukovinka Village, Somoska Castle (Fenďa and Masan 2009).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
ED2CDB4BE453D101B0E5F46D6BA3A558.taxon	materials_examined	Revised material from Slovakia: Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 1 ♀ - 30. 11. 1994, Bodiky Village (labelled as Ameroseius pseudoplumosus - leg. et det. S. Kaluz, unpublished but registered by the ' Databank of Slovak Fauna' at former http: // zoology. fns. uniba. sk / dfs / system 300. htm).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
ED2CDB4BE453D101B0E5F46D6BA3A558.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Horehronske Podolie Basin: 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂ - 20. 6. 2006, Zlatno Village, Zlatnianske Skalky Forest, pine forest (Pinus sylvestris), soil and detritus from ant-hill of Formica sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), altitude 755 m, leg. P. Masan. Male Karpaty Mts.: 2 ♀♀ - 1. 5. 2005, Bratislava Capital, Karlova Ves Settlement, Mokry Jarok Valley, oak forest (Quercetum) with ash (Fraxinus sp.), hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) and maple (Acer sp.), moss and tinder from decaying ash stump, altitude 230 m, leg. P. Masan; 85 ♀♀, 9 ♂♂ - 8. 6. 2013, Plavecky Mikulas Village, Derava Skala Cave, broad-leaved deciduous forest, rocky shelter (crepuscular cave), soil detritus, altitude 380 m, leg. P. Masan. Nitrianska Pahorkatina Wold: 1 ♀, 1 ♂ - 28. 6. 2004, Nemecky Village, Kulhan Forest, oak-beech forest (Querco-Fagetum), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 320 m, leg. J. Carnogursky. Volovske Vrchy Hills: 2 ♀♀ - 7. 8. 2016, Kojsov Village, Turniska Forest, beech forest (Fagion sylvaticae), rocky shelter (crepuscular cave), leaf litter and soil detritus deposited in rocky cervices, altitude 720 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
B5FD22AE9FB4AA57575171DAE37D56B2.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Democratic Republic of Congo: 2 ♀♀ (MRAC: 142495, holotype; MRAC: 170349, paratype) - 5. 5. 1970, Lemba, Ancylonotus tribulus, leg. P. Elsen. Gabon: 2 ♀♀ (MRAC: 142504, 170348, paratypes) - Oct. 1913, Libreville, Crocisa meripes, leg. G. Babault.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
71788313EB9874E3E361C2A3E2F3B99F.taxon	description	Plates 17, 18	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
71788313EB9874E3E361C2A3E2F3B99F.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. United Kingdom: 2 ♀♀ (BMNH: E 010147155, E 010147156) - 1882, Ranmore, A. D. Michael Coll., R. z. 106 - 107, 1930.8.25.2204 - 2205 (originally labelled Acarina, Gamasidae, Epicrius; secondary added: Cornubia georgii).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
71788313EB9874E3E361C2A3E2F3B99F.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Male Karpaty Mts.: Casta Village, Cerveny Kamen Castle (Masan 2001 b, cited as Ameroseius imparsetosus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
71788313EB9874E3E361C2A3E2F3B99F.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Male Karpaty Mts.: 2 ♀♀ - 10. 6. 2002, Bratislava Capital, zoological garden, oak-hornbeam forest (Querco-Carpinetum), individual collecting on wood-destroying fungus Trametes sp., altitude 180 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 22. 5. 2013, Bratislava Capital, Zelezna Studienka Forest, broad-leaved deciduous forest, individual collecting on unidentified wood-decaying fungi, altitude 270 m, leg. P. Masan; 10 ♀♀ - 20. 9. 2014, Borinka Village, broad-leaved deciduous forest, individual collecting on unidentified wood-decaying fungi, altitude 420 m, leg. P. Masan. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 1 ♀ - 21. 5. 1996, Bodiky Village, Kraľovska Luka Forest, willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 120 m, leg. P. Masan; 123 ♀♀, 48 ♂♂ - 5. 5. 2013, Svaety Jur Town, Panonsky Haj Forest, oak forest (Quercus spp.), rotting wood-destroying fungi Meripilus giganteus growing at base of old oak, altitude 130 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
EA263A54242D3CA6C1FDC6CBC01C05E2.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Democratic Republic of Congo: 4 ♀♀ (MRAC: 142496, holotype; MRAC: 142508, 170343, paratypes) - 7 - 18. 3. 1935, Luluabourg, Sphex umbrosus var. metallicus, leg. Gillardin.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
B25AB878F18597EE652F3D575F6784FE.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Vietnam: 1 ♀ (MPUV: MP- 1289, syntype) - 25. 2. 1985, Halong n. Hongai, z cmy (labelled Kleemannia halongica, holotyp).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
D32D4CF181163FC37E0B753B76A85C70.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Democratic Republic of Congo: 1 ♀ (MRAC: 142494, holotype; published as 142498) - Kasai, Kondue, Chlorion ciliatum var. maxillae, leg. E. Luja; 1 ♀ (MRAC: 170344, paratype) - 7 - 18. 3. 1935, Luluabourg, Sphex umbrosus var. metallicus, leg. Gillardin.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
71D717D802611980D0719F50725D0F71.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Italy: 1 ♀ (ISZA: 208 / 33, syntype) - Asuni, Sardegna, nidi di topi campagnoli, leg. Krausse.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
9EB5A8894209501888EA4CD341166822.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Chile: 1 ♀ (HNHM: Meso- 715, holotype) - 5. 11. 1965, Tiltil, Cuesta La Dormida (Prov. Santiago), von lehmiger Erde im Dickicht in einem feucht. Tal; 1 ♀ (ZMB: 40404, paratype) - 5. 11. 1965, Tiltil, Cuesta La Dormida (Prov. Santiago), Nematodenproben von Graswurzeln von einer Wiese nahe Wald, 3001.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
7D024B2B16B3555884F5C144F810CB61.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Ecuador: 1 ♀ (ZMB: 46150, holotype) - 1989, near Pifo-Papallacta, litter, 70152.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
DA36219260A4CEE632E98169A7968694.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Philippines: 1 ♀ (MRAC: 170346, paratype) - Mindanao, Butuan, Lestica constricta, leg. J. Leclercq.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
E567E830E6F2189ADDA5E40AB215AE7F.taxon	description	Plate 19	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
E567E830E6F2189ADDA5E40AB215AE7F.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Finland: 1 ♀ (ZMT: ACA. MES. FIN. 4.151, holotype) - 6. 5. 1983, Kuusisto, Ylitalo, pile of sawdust, leg. P. T. Lehtinen.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
166F948D6AC87B821C5BE6F589F14973.taxon	description	Plates 20, 21	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
166F948D6AC87B821C5BE6F589F14973.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Iran: 1 ♀ (CJH) - Guilan Province, olive garden, soil sample, leg. and det. J. Hajizadeh.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
166F948D6AC87B821C5BE6F589F14973.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Borska Nizina Lowland: Jakubov Village, Jakubovske Rybniky Fishponds (Fenďa 2005, Fenďa and Schniererova 2005). Podunajska Rovina Flatland: Cicov Village, Cicovske Mŕtve Rameno Arm (Fenďa et al. 1998, Fenďa and Schniererova 2010). Dolny Stal Village, Boheľovsky Rybnik Fishpond (Masan and Kristofik 1995). Svaety Jur Town, Sur Forest (Fenďa 2005, Svana et al. 2006, Fenďa and Schniererova 2010, Fenďa et al. 2011). Veľke Blahovo Village (Kristofik et al. 1993, Kristofik et al. 2001).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
166F948D6AC87B821C5BE6F589F14973.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Borska Nizina Lowland: 2 ♀♀ - 23. 7. 1991, Jakubov Village, nest of Serinus serinus (Aves), altitude 145 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 1 ♀ - 4. 6. 1992, Male Levare Village, littoral reed stand (Phragmition), nest of Cygnus olor (Aves), altitude 150 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 2 ♀♀ - 27. 6. 2002, Moravsky Svaety Jan Village, wet reed stand (Phragmition), leaf litter, altitude 150 m, leg. P. Masan. Male Karpaty Mts.: 1 ♂ - 24. 6. 1991, Bratislava Capital, Zelezna Studienka Forest, broad-leaved deciduous forest, nest of Turdus philomelos (Aves), altitude 250 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 10 ♀♀ - 28. 6. 1989, Veľke Blahovo Village, fish-ponds, shore reed stand (Phragmition), nest of Circus aeruginosus (Aves), altitude 120 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 16 ♀♀ - 28. 6. 1989, Veľke Blahovo Village, fish-ponds, shore reed stand (Phragmition), nest of Fulica atra (Aves), altitude 120 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 14 ♀♀ - 24. 7. 1990, Veľke Blahovo Village, fish-ponds, shore reed stand (Phragmition), nest of Circus aeruginosus (Aves), altitude 120 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 10 ♀♀ - 25. 6. 1991, Veľke Blahovo Village, fish-ponds, shore reed stand (Phragmition), nest of Aythya ferina (Aves), altitude 120 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 8 ♀♀ - 25. 6. 1991, Veľke Blahovo Village, fish-ponds, shore reed stand (Phragmition), nest of Fulica atra (Aves), altitude 120 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 4 ♀♀ - 16. 7. 1993, Veľke Blahovo Village, fish-ponds, shore reed stand (Phragmition), nest of Circus aeruginosus (Aves), altitude 120 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 3 ♀♀ - 15. 8. 2000, Veľke Kosihy Village, littoral reed stand (Phragmition), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 120 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
A9B44C6189343BFC75A000436CA01B03.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Democratic Republic of Congo: 1 ♀ (MRAC: 142498, holotype) - 11. 2. 1970, Ganda Sundi, Mecocerus rhombeus, leg. P. Elsen.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
163FF26D8F7F6B35A58E9AA6C96ACBF4.taxon	description	Plates 22, 23	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
163FF26D8F7F6B35A58E9AA6C96ACBF4.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: Suľany Village (not Surany Village as originally cited) (Masan 2001 a).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
163FF26D8F7F6B35A58E9AA6C96ACBF4.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Borska Nizina Lowland: 2 ♀♀ - 30. 3. 2002, Borsky Svaety Jur Village, edge of mixed forest (Pinus sylvestris, Robinia pseudoacacia), sandy soil and wood detritus from colony of Formica sp. (Hymenoptera) situated under pine stem, altitude 170 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 10. 4. 2004, Borsky Svaety Jur Village, Sastinsky Les Forest, mixed forest (Pinus sylvestris and Betula sp.), individual collecting under bark of fallen and dead birches, altitude 195 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 3. 4. 2005, Tomky Village, Sastinsky Les Forest, pine forest, individual collecting under bark of old pines (Pinus sylvestris), altitude 180 m, leg. P. Masan. Burda Hills: 1 ♀ - 9. 11. 1997, Kamenica Nad Hronom Village, Kovacovske Kopce-juh Forest, oak forest (Quercetum cerris), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 330 m, leg. P. Masan. Male Karpaty Mts.: 2 ♂♂ - 18. 6. 1997, Casta Village, Cerveny Kamen Castle, beech forest (Fagion sylvaticae) with oak (Quercus sp.), individual collecting under bark, stones and pieces of wood, altitude 360 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 28. 7. 1997, Bratislava Capital, Zelezna Studienka Forest, broad-leaved deciduous forest, individual collecting under bark, stones and pieces of wood, altitude 380 m, leg. P. Masan. Muranska Planina Plateau: 1 ♀ - 23. 6. 2003, Muran Village, Javornikova Dolina Valley, maple-beech forest (Aceri-Fagetum) with ash (Fraxinus sp.), rocky canyon, on wood-destroying fungus (Daedalea quercina), altitude 500 m, leg. P. Masan. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 1 ♀ - 24. 4. 1997, Suľany Village, willow-poplar flood plain forest (Salici-Populetum), individual collecting under bark of old poplar trunks, altitude 120 m, leg. P. Masan. Trnavska Pahorkatina Wold: 1 ♀ - 18. 5. 1997, Brunovce Village, Vah River (alluvium), degraded willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), individual collecting on wood-destroying fungus Trametes sp., altitude 170 m, leg. P. Masan. Zvolenska Kotlina Basin: 1 ♀ - 19. 8. 2014, Cacin Village, oak forest with Quercus cerris, on wood-destroying fungus (Daedalea quercina), altitude 420 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
D7A8E46C3A8639999540D57862424E8A.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. U. S. A.: 2 ♀♀ (LACM: ENT 198896) - Fall- 1947, Ohio, Bowling Green, Red clover, Ray Everly & P. E. Telford (additionally labelled Ameroseius corbicula).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
B7245C8DFCD38AEFE225BF27E22A7B75.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Democratic Republic of Congo: 1 ♀ (MRAC: 142492, holotype) - April 1915, Stanleyville, Chlorion (Isodontia) stanleyi, leg. J. Bequaert.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
D723719B33924993695E6D5C64AED15E.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Democratic Republic of Congo: 4 ♀♀ (MRAC: 142493, holotype; MRAC: 142505, 170342, paratypes) - 7 - 18. 3. 1935, Luluabourg, Sphex umbrosus var. metallicus, leg. Gillardin.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
AC28F991105F66609FC39666A4665B04.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Democratic Republic of Congo: 1 ♀ (MRAC: 142497, holotype) - Kasai, Kondue, Chlorion ciliatum var. maxillae, leg. Leonard.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
48C59798EEF1CE2E935EBA79BB9326B2.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. U. S. A.: 2 ♀♀ (IZSAV) - 14. 6. 1965, Elizabeth, inner bark, Dendroctonus frontalis, J. Moser Collection (No. 4814, 4840).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
98824606346C1D0B9C09DAAA5D7D96DE.taxon	description	Figure 2, Plates 24, 25, 76 G	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
98824606346C1D0B9C09DAAA5D7D96DE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dorsal shield strongly sculptured, scrobiculate, with a series of interconnecting ridges. Dorsal setae of different length, relatively thin and variously curved; setae J 2 long, with tips reaching clearly beyond bases of following setae J 4; setae Z 2 notably longer than Z 1 and Z 3. Pseudo-metasternal platelets relatively well developed, subequal or slightly larger than metapodal platelets. Opisthogastric soft integument with six pairs of setae; setae JV 5 lengthened, with tips reaching anal aperture.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
98824606346C1D0B9C09DAAA5D7D96DE.taxon	description	Description. Female. Idiosoma oval to egg-shaped, narrowed anteriorly, 405 - 460 μm long and 270 - 325 μm wide. Dorsal shield strongly sclerotised and coarsely ornamented, scrobiculate, covering whole dorsal surface, and bearing 29 pairs of setae; vertex with anterior margin denticulated. Dorsal setae well differing in length, relatively thin, curved, sparsely covered by very minute spines, inserted in small basal papilla-like tubercles; setae j 1 - j 4, z 5, z 6, Z 1, Z 3, s 1, s 2, S 2, S 3, and r 3 - r 5 notably shorter than other dorsal shield setae; setae j 1 lanceolate and conspicuosly spinate; posterior dorsocentral setae long, J 2 and J 4 with tips reaching beyond bases of J 4 and Z 5, respectively. The length of some selected dorsal setae as follows: j 5 83 - 92 μm, j 6 92 - 102 μm, J 2 105 - 118 μm, z 5 25 - 30 μm, z 6 29 - 40 μm, Z 1 38 - 46 μm, Z 2 78 - 92 μm, Z 3 45 - 55 μm. Sternal shield subquadrate, 62 - 70 μm in length and width (at level of st 2), reticulate on surface, with two pairs of setae (st 1, st 2). Pseudo-metasternal platelets relatively large, rounded, bearing a pair of sternal setae (st 3). Metasternal setae (st 4) on soft integument. Epigynal shield 70 μm wide, oblong, with reticulate pattern and a pair of genital setae (st 5). Postgenital sclerites present, partly fused behind posterior margin of epigynal shield. Metapodal platelets small, suboval. Peritremes and peritrematal shields normally developed. Ventrianal shield 125 - 140 μm wide and 100 - 115 μm long, almost hexagonal, well reticulate, having three circum-anal setae and anus in its posteromedial portion. Ventrally situated setae smooth, needle-like, about 25 μm long, except JV 5, markedly elongated, 60 - 67 μm in length. Epistome subtriangular, with rounded apex. Fixed digit of chelicera with three small teeth on proximal masticatory area. Other gnathosomal structures and leg chaetotaxy typical of genus.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
98824606346C1D0B9C09DAAA5D7D96DE.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species is named in honour of my dear older sister.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
7D196D4F22AC8D5E05DF2FD4F5D5981A.taxon	description	Plates 26, 27	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
7D196D4F22AC8D5E05DF2FD4F5D5981A.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Germany: 3 ♀♀ (ZMB: 41124 - 41126) - Jan. 1986, Einsendung, LPG (P), Fruehgemuese-zentrum Dresden, Gutkenpflanz. (Strohballen Kult.), 2990 - 2991, 2993 (labelled Ameroseius pulcher). Italy: 1 ex. (ISZA: 169 / 3, holotype) - Vallombrosa, musco; 1 ♀ (ISZA: 190 / 19) - Firenze, Giardino R. Stazione.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
7D196D4F22AC8D5E05DF2FD4F5D5981A.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Borska Nizina Lowland: Lab Village (Ambros 1989). Hronska Pahorkatina Wold: Mala Muzla Village (Varfalvyova et al. 2010).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
7D196D4F22AC8D5E05DF2FD4F5D5981A.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 1 ♀ - 24. 7. 1990, Veľke Blahovo Village, fish-ponds, shore reed stand (Phragmition), nest of Circus aeruginosus (Aves), altitude 120 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
C2AFD3C69D5B3981488E1081535D8F38.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. New Caledonia: 1 ♀ (ZMB: 45236, holotype) - 24. 2. 1977, Ile de Pins, 6696, leg. J. Balogh.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
49D616E14448C3D7D58DE22E42F7785E.taxon	description	Plate 28	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
49D616E14448C3D7D58DE22E42F7785E.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Male Karpaty Mts.: 1 ♀ - 7. 4. 1995, Bratislava Capital, Zelezna Studienka Forest, broad-leaved deciduous forest, individual collecting on wood-destroying fungus (Trametes sp.), altitude 350 m, leg. P. Masan. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 1 ♀ - 6. 10. 2012, Svaety Jur Town, Sur Forest, forest steppe with oak (Quercus sp.), unidentified decaying wood-destroying fungi on oak stem in soil detritus, altitude 130 m, leg. P. Masan. Povazsky Inovec Mts.: 1 ♀ - 12. 7. 1997, Hradok Village, Hradocka Dolina Valley, oak forest (Quercetum) with beech (Fagus sylvatica), individual collecting under bark, stones and pieces of wood, altitude 370 m, leg. P. Masan; 3 ♀♀ - 13. 10. 2012, Hradok Village, Hradocka Dolina Valley, edge of broad-leaved deciduous forest, decaying wood-destroying fungi, altitude 290 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
1ED5E50703590FBE1B1DA08695DE4A25.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Japan: 1 ♀ (CKI, paratype) - 12. 4. 1969, Tokushima, leg. M. Sakai.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
605BBAD49B7B601279FC15A3070DDB57.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Australia: 1 ♀ (SAMA: ARA 73140, holotype) - June 1952, Burnley, Victoria, on strawberry leaves ex Tasmania, det. H. Womersley.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
AFC4B43D14FA83FDB6732D05C7D1B0B5.taxon	description	Plate 76 F	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
AFC4B43D14FA83FDB6732D05C7D1B0B5.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Australia: 1 ♀ (SAMA: ARA 73140, holotype) - 19. 1. 1951, Brookfield, Brisbane, coll. on card, leg. E. H. Derrick.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
C3DF7535049168BAD022432597E06450.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. New Caledonia: 4 ♀♀, 1 ♂ (ZMB: 45259, female holotype; ZMB: 45260, paratype; ZMB: 45261, allotype; ZMB: 45267, paratypes) - 15. 2. 1977, Koumac, hoehle, 6731 - 6733, 2653, leg. J. Balogh.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
F8EA2B33C672254678BF0B84F8FEB515.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (adults). Soft striate integument delicately incrusted with sclerotic tubercles. Dorsal shield widely oval, not completely covering dorsal surface, reticulate or striate, with 6 - 7 pairs of distinct protuberances (each bearing a seta), and 29 pairs of setae differing in length and form; setae mounted on protuberances (z 4, z 5, s 5, Z 1, Z 3, S 5, and sometimes z 2) markedly longer, thicker, and more heavily pilose than the other setae on the shield. Dorsal shield setae needle-like to lanceolate, smooth, pilose or serrate, the thicker setae densely plumose; sexual dimorphism of dorsal chaetotaxy not developed. In female, sternal setae on sternal shield (st 1, st 2), soft integument (st 3, st 4) and epigynal shield (st 5). Female with anal shield bearing only three circum-anal setae, male with expanded ventrianal shield capturing some opisthogastric setae. Peritrematal shields and peritremes well developed: anterior end of peritremes reaching or overlapping bases of j 1; in male, peritrematal shields well expanded beyond coxae IV and abutting the ventrianal shield. Opisthogastric soft integument with six pairs of setae in female. Corniculi stout, weakly sclerotised, well separate and parallel, with undivided apex having one or two denticles. In female, cheliceral shafts relatively elongate, slender; fixed digit with three prominent sharp teeth (two proximal teeth slightly separated from the other, medial tooth), and a special bilobed tooth close to terminal hook (Plate 76 F); movable digit only with tiny subapical denticle; cheliceral digits almost straight, not conspicuously hooked distally, without hyaline petal-like appendages. Male spermatodactyl relatively short, directed forward. Palptarsal apotele three-tined. Tibia IV with two posterolateral setae. Tarsi I-IV each with well developed empodium and claws. Insemination apparatus with spermathecal ducts separated.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
CE678A1FBF6FB950B582803B9FE80620.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (adults). Dorsal shield well sclerotised and ornamented, with 27 - 29 pairs of setae. Dorsal setae not conspicuously thickened or otherwise modified. In female, sternal setae on sternal shield (st 1, st 2, st 3), complex metasternal-endopodal platelet (st 4), and epigynal shield (st 5). Epigynal shield relatively large, well oblong, and with posterior margin widely abutting ventrianal shield. In both sexes, posteroventral region with reduced number of four pairs of opisthogastric setae on ventrianal shield (JV 2, JV 3, ZV 2) or on soft integument (JV 5); setae JV 1 and JV 4 absent. Ventrally inserted setae including JV 5 short, smooth and needle-like. Corniculi apically bifid. Fixed digit of chelicera with eight subequal denticles on masticatory area; spermatodactyl relatively long, apparently longer than movable digit. Epistome subtriangular, with one or two sharply pointed cusps. Palptarsal apotele three-tined. Genua II-III without ventral setae, genu III with two anterolateral and one posterolateral setae, tibia IV with two anterolateral and two posterolateral setae. Tarsi I-IV each with normal empodium and claws.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
28DC923C60E7664EBC9278E505742E11.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Brazil: 2 ♀♀ (ESALQ: T-MZLQ 3305 C = 7735, holotype; ESALQ: T-MZLQ 3306 C = 7735, paratype) - 11. 8. 2014, Congonhas - MS, Ex: Acrocomia aculeata (macauba), leg. R. V. Veloso.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
2E17086B2D92901814426C64DB08FADC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (adults). Dorsal shield heavily sclerotised and ornamented, with a pattern of conspicuous tubercles; these tubercles star-like, polygonal, sometimes reduced in size (in Epicriopsis walteri) or modified into small spines arranged into a rows (in Epicriopsis atuberculatus). Some dorsal shield setae (6 - 9 pairs) conspicuous, thickened, extremely long, pilose, and much longer than some of the shortest setae; dorsal shield with 22 - 28 pairs of setae. In female, sternal setae on sternal shield (st 1, st 2), soft integument (st 3, st 4), and epigynal shield (st 5); setae st 3 rarely on small and rounded pseudo-metasternal platelets (in E. atuberculatus). Female with anal shield, male with ventrianal shield bearing 3 - 4 pairs of opisthogastric setae (JV 1 on or off the shield). Opisthogastric soft integument with 5 - 6 pairs of setae in female (JV 1 - JV 3, JV 5, ZV 2; JV 4 present or absent), and five pairs of setae in male (JV 4 always absent). Corniculi unsclerotised, undivided, stout, with distal extension and obtuse apex; the apex sometimes with denticles. Fixed digit of chelicera with 3 - 5 teeth on proximal masticatory area (normally with three teeth, but with 4 - 5 teeth in species with sharply pointed epistome); at least one of cheliceral digits (fixed digit) with membranous structures. Palptarsal apotele usually three-tined. Genu III, and tibiae III-IV with two anterolateral and one posterolateral setae. Tarsi I-IV each with empodium and claws.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
2305D6EAFFEB619096FCAF03F5B0CC37.taxon	description	Plate 29	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
2305D6EAFFEB619096FCAF03F5B0CC37.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Germany: 1 ♀ (RMNH: ACA. P. 4063) - Aug. 1900, Eil. Borkum, leg. Prof. Oskar Schneider (labelled Nph II, Epicriopsis berlesei); 1 ♀ (IZSAV) - 25. 4. 2007, Bavarian Prealps Mts., Flintsbach am Inn, altitude 800 m, spruce forest, wet soil detritus, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
2305D6EAFFEB619096FCAF03F5B0CC37.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Borska Nizina Lowland: Brodske Village (Kaluz and Majzlan 2009). Jakubov Village, Jakubovske Rybniky Fishponds (Fenďa 2005, Fenďa and Schniererova 2005). Bukovske Vrchy Hills: Nova Sedlica Village, Dolina Zbojskeho Potoka Valley; Rusky Potok Village, Veľky Bukovec Mt., Borsucina Forest (Fenďa and Masan 2003). Cerova Vrchovina Highland: Chramec Village, Tepla Dolina Valley; Chramec Village, Vinohrady Area; Gemersky Jablonec Village, Petrovce Reservoir; Janice Village, Hadia Stran Meadow; Petrovce Village, Fenek Forest; Siatorska Bukovinka Village, Dolina Bukovinskeho Potoka Valley; Siatorska Bukovinka Village, Rybnik Pond; Surice Village (Fenďa and Masan 2009). Podunajska Rovina Flatland: Bratislava Capital, Podunajske Biskupice Settlement, Ostrov Kopac Steppe (Kaluz 2007). Svaety Jur Town, Sur Forest, Sursky Rybnik Pond (Fenďa et al. 1998, Fenďa 2005). Trstena Na Ostrove Village, Kraľovska Luka Forest (Kaluz 1994 c). Jurova Village, Jurovsky Les Forest (Carnogursky et al. 1994). Slovensky Kras Karst: Silica Village, Silicka Ľadnica Abyss (Kaluz 1993). Silica Village, Pod Fabiankou Forest (Kaluz 1992).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
2305D6EAFFEB619096FCAF03F5B0CC37.taxon	materials_examined	Dubious published material from Slovakia. Male Karpaty Mts.: Bratislava Capital, Devin Settlement, Devinska Lesostep Forest (Kaluz 2005). [Notes: Epicriopsis horridus belongs to the common species in Slovakia but the published specimens from Male Karpaty Mountains are excluded from the list of valid findings of Epicrius horridus because accompanying " original " figure available in Kaluz (2005) is obviously not belonging to this species, and it is only a true copy of illustration of Epicriopsis langei given to the original description of the new species from Central Asia by Livshitz and Mitrofanov (1975). Moreover, in a previous paper on mites collected in the Abrod Meadows by Kaluz (2003), the same illustration was used although no record of any Epicriopsis species from that locality is reported by the author.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
2305D6EAFFEB619096FCAF03F5B0CC37.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Biele Karpaty Mts.: 1 ♀ - 3. 10. 1999, Nova Bosaca Village, broad-leaved deciduous forest (Fagus sylvatica, Acer sp., Tilia sp., Carpinus betulus, Ulmus sp.), leaf litter and soil detritus with nest of Clethrionomys glareolus (Mammalia), 450 m, leg. P. Masan. Borska Nizina Lowland: 1 ♀ - 18. 5. 1992, Vysoka Pri Morave Village, littoral reed stand (Phragmition), nest of Anas platyrhynchos (Aves), altitude 145 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 1 ♀ - 8. 4. 1998, Suchohrad Village, broad-leaved deciduous forest (mostly with Ulmus sp., Carpinus betulus and Quercus sp.), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 150 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 24. 7. 1998, Stupava Town, littoral reed stand (Phragmition), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 180 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 27. 6. 2002, Male Levare Village, Morava River (alluvium), wet willow-poplar flood plain forest (Salici-Populetum), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 160 m, leg. P. Masan; 19 ♀♀ - 10. 4. 2004, Tomky Village, Dolna Studena Voda Reservoir, littoral alder forest (Alnus sp.), wet leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 175 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 29. 10. 2005, Borsky Svaety Jur Village, agrocoenose, heap of decaying herbaceous vegetation, altitude 170 m, leg. P. Masan. Burda Hills: 5 ♀♀ - Kamenica Nad Hronom Village, Kovacovske Kopce-juh Forest, oak forest (Quercetum cerris), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 330 m, leg. P. Masan. Horehronske Podolie Basin: 1 ♂ - 20. 6. 2006, Zlatno Village, Zlatnianske Skalky Forest, pine forest (Pinus sylvestris), soil and detritus from ant-hill of Formica sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), altitude 755 m, leg. P. Masan. Ipeľska Kotlina Basin: 1 DN - 23. 6. 1997, Ipeľske Predmostie Village, Ryzovisko Forest, willow-poplar flood-plain forest (Salici-Populetum), growth of Carex sp., leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 130 m, leg. P. Masan. Kozie Chrbty Mts.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂ - 9. 7. 2003, Svit Town, Lopusna Dolina Valley, Tablicky Saddleback, glade in spruce forest (Piceetum abietinum) with solitary beeches (Fagus sylvatica), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 1,080 m, leg. P. Masan. Male Karpaty Mts.: 2 ♀♀ - 25. 7. 1990, Bratislava Capital, Zelezna Studienka Forest, broad-leaved deciduous forest, nest of Erithacus rubecula (Aves), altitude 250 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 3 ♀♀ - 17. 4. 2006, Bratislava Capital, Devin Settlement, Devinska Kobyla Hill, forest steppe, moss, altitude 370 m, leg. P. Masan. Muranska Planina Plateau: 1 ♀ - 8. 10. 2002, Zavadka Nad Hronom Village, Veľka Stozka Mt., Birciaren Forest, meadow, hay-loft, heterogeneous organic detritus under haystack, altitude 950 m, leg. P. Masan. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 1 ♀ - 6. 6. 1989, Veľke Blahovo Village, fish-ponds, shore reed stand (Phragmition), nest of Fulica atra (Aves), altitude 120 m, leg. J. Kristofik and A. Darolova; 1 ♀ - 26. 9. 2000, Veľky Meder Town, littoral reed stand (Phragmition), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 110 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 9. 6. 2002, Bratislava Capital, Petrzalka Settlement, Stary Haj Wood, hard-wood flood-plain forest (Fraxino-Ulmetum carpinetosum) with oak (Quercus sp.), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 135 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 14. 9. 2002, Svaety Jur Town, Sur Forest, wet alder forest (Alnion glutinosae), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 130 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 19. 5. 2004, Bratislava Capital, Rusovce Settlement, park, growth of plane (Platanus orientalis) and lime (Tilia sp.), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 135 m, leg. P. Masan. Pohronsky Inovec Mts.: 1 ♀ - 2. 7. 2002, Stara Huta Village, Drozdovo Forest, beech forest (Fagion sylvaticae), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 650 m, leg. P. Masan. Povazsky Inovec Mts.: 1 ♀ - 1. 4. 2000, Luka Village, forest steppe with juniper (Juniperus communis), individual collecting under bark, stones and pieces of wood, altitude 250 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 5. 7. 2004, Luka Village, Tematinska Lesostep Forest, xerothermic oak forest (Quercetum) with pine (Pinus nigra), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 340 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 9. 7. 2006, Luka Village, Srnia Dolina Valley, xero-thermophilous edge of oak forest (Quercetum) with juniper (Juniperus communis), moss and soil detritus, altitude 250 m, leg. P. Masan; 4 ♀♀ - 1. 11. 2013, Hradok Village, Hradocka Dolina Valley, meadow in broad-leaved deciduous forest, soil detritus with rotting plant remnants, altitude 280 m, leg. P. Masan. Veľka Fatra Mts.: 2 ♀♀ - 29. 8. 2003, Necpaly Village, Necpalska Dolina Valley, Kysky Mt., beech forest (Fagion sylvaticae), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 1,360 m, leg. P. Masan; 16 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ - 21. 7. 2004, Liptovske Revuce Village, Veľka Rakytova Dolina Valley, beech forest (Fagion sylvaticae), rocky canyon, moss, altitude 780 m, leg. P. Masan. Veporske Vrchy Hills: 1 ♀ - 8. 10. 2002, Zavadka Nad Hronom Village, Hronec Valley, Pod Paetinou, alluvium of brook with Petasites hybridus, soil detritus, altitude 780 m, leg. P. Masan. Volovske Vrchy Hills: 4 ♀♀ - 24. 7. 2003, Betliar Village, park, park with Quercus palustris, Fagus sylvatica, Ulmus laevis, Tilia spp., Abies alba and Picea abies, leaf litter, soil detritus amd decaying plant remnants, altitude 350 m, leg. P. Masan. Vtacnik Mts.: 2 ♀♀ - 4. 11. 2003, Ostry Grun Village, Hlboka Dolina Valley, Pokuty, alluvium of brook with Petasites sp., mixed forest (Ulmus sp., Fagus sylvatica and Abies alba), moist soil detritus and moss, altitude 650 m, leg. P. Masan; 2 ♀♀ - 4. 11. 2003, Ostry Grun Village, Hlboka Dolina Valley, Pavlova Luka Meadow, meadow with juniper (Juniperus communis) and solitary elms (Ulmus laevis), soil detritus and leaf litter, altitude 850 m, leg. P. Masan. Vychodoslovenska Rovina Plain: 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂ - 1. 6. 2004, Botany Village, Latoricky Luh I. Forest, hard-wood flood-plain forest (Fraxino-Ulmetum carpinetosum) with oak (Quercus sp.), wet leaf litter, altitude 100 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
2C2FE159F3D4D3F029F7BE80E6E086B1.taxon	description	Plate 30	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
2C2FE159F3D4D3F029F7BE80E6E086B1.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Hungary: 3 ♀♀ (HNHM: Meso- 1393, Meso- 1393, Meso- 1394, types) - 21. 4. 1976, Batorliget, leg. S. Mahunka, H- 1513; 1 ♀ (HNHM: Meso- 1350) - May 1972, Balassagyarmat, leg. S. Mahunka, H- 1395 (labelled Epicriopsis baloghi); 1 ♀ (HNHM: Meso- 1392) - Aug. 1969, Dobogoko, leg. S. Mahunka, H- 1154.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
2C2FE159F3D4D3F029F7BE80E6E086B1.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Borska Nizina Lowland: 1 ♀ - 25. 4. 2000, Stupava Town, littoral reed stand (Phragmition), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 180 m, leg. P. Masan; 4 ♀♀ - 27. 6. 2002, Male Levare Village, Stara Morava Arm, hard-wood flood-plain forest (Fraxino-Ulmetum carpinetosum), leaf litter and wood detritus, altitude 150 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 10. 4. 2004, Tomky Village, Dolna Studena Voda Reservoir, littoral alder forest (Alnus sp.), wet leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 175 m, leg. P. Masan. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 1 ♀ - 17. 5. 1999, Veľke Kosihy Village, littoral reed stand (Phragmition), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 120 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 19. 5. 2004 Bratislava Capital, Rusovce Settlement, park, growth of plane (Platanus orientalis) and lime (Tilia sp.), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 135 m, leg. P. Masan; 1 ♀ - 8. 6. 2006, Bratislava Capital, Rusovce Settlement, park, growth of plane (Platanus orientalis), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 135 m, leg. P. Masan. Povazsky Inovec Mts.: 2 ♀♀ - 22. 6. 2004, Luka Village, Srnia Dolina Valley, broad-leaved deciduous forest, alluvium of brook, leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 220 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
78B72BB58F4FEBA4BE0653C1CE66A4EC.taxon	description	Plates 31, 32	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
78B72BB58F4FEBA4BE0653C1CE66A4EC.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Czech Republic: 1 ♂ (ZSM: Coll. Hirschm. / Willm. 42 / 8, 43 / 8, holotype) - W 10 / 11, W 10 / 13, no collection data, det. C. Willmann. Germany: 1 ♀ (ZMB: 41221, holotype) - 10. 10. 1963, Suderode, Harz, Friedr. brunn, Laub, am Bach, 2927; 2 ♀♀ (ZMB: 41223, 41224, paratypes) - 4. 11. 1965, Naehe Hasselfelde / Harz, Kahlschlag, Moos, Humusschicht, Buchenlaub, 2929 - 2930 (all labelled Epicriopsis rivus); 1 ♀ (IZSAV) - 25. 4. 2007, Bavarian Prealps Mts., Flintsbach am Inn, Peterskirchlein, altitude 800 m, spruce forest, wet soil detritus, leg. P. Masan. Netherlands: 1 ♂ (RMNH: ACA. P. 4064) - 9. 4. 1896, Delden, in rottende bladen, leg. Oudemans (labelled Nph II, Epicriopsis horridus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
78B72BB58F4FEBA4BE0653C1CE66A4EC.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Mala Fatra Mts.: Terchova Village, Rozsutec Mt., Skalne Mesto Forest (Kaluz 1998, cited as Epicriopsis rivus). Oravska Magura Mts.: Oravska Lesna Village, Parac Forest (Kaluz 1996, cited as Epicriopsis rivus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
78B72BB58F4FEBA4BE0653C1CE66A4EC.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Kozie Chrbty Mts.: 3 ♀♀ - 9. 7. 2003, Svit Town, Lopusna Dolina Valley, spruce forest (Piceetum abietinum) with beech (Fagus sylvatica), wet growth of Petasites sp. in brook alluvium, moss, altitude 900 m, leg. P. Masan. Moravsko-Sliezske Beskydy Mts.: 1 ♀ - 30. 6. 1997, Klokocov Village, Maly Polom Forest, peat-bog in spruce forest (Piceetum abietinum), moss and soil detritus, altitude 1,000 m, leg. P. Masan. Vtacnik Mts.: 1 ♂ - 4. 11. 2003, Ostry Grun Village, Hlboka Dolina Valley, Pokuty, alluvium of brook with Petasites sp., mixed forest (Ulmus sp., Fagus sylvatica and Abies alba), moist soil detritus and moss, altitude 650 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
7B3E400140F11A9D1CC75EF538F68BFE.taxon	description	Plate 33	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
7B3E400140F11A9D1CC75EF538F68BFE.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Germany: 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (ZMB: 40957, male holotype; ZMB: 40958, female paratype) - 16. 8. 1967, Kalktuffniedermoor / Rhoen, Laubstreu unter Weissdorn, 2957, 2956; 1 ♂ (ZMB: 40959, paratype) - 5. 9. 1963, Mahndorf b. Halberstadt, Lehm, 2951. Greece: 3 ♀♀ (IZSAV) - 16. 8. 2005, Chalkidiki Peninsula, Sarti Village, bank of a small river under plane trees (Platanus sp.), soil detritus with leaf fall, leg. P. Masan. Hungary: 2 ♀♀ (HNHM: Meso- 1348, Meso- 1349, types) - May 1972, Balassagyarmat, leg. S. Mahunka, H- 1395 (labelled Epicriopsis baloghi); 1 ♀ (HNHM: Meso- 1347, type) - May 1972, Balassagyarmat, leg. S. Mahunka, H- 1394 (labelled Epicriopsis baloghi). Iran: 1 ♀ (CJH) - Talesh, Guilan Province, soil sample, leg. and det. J. Hajizadeh (labelled Epicriopsis horridus). United Kingdom: 1 ♀ (BMNH: 1955.6.1.75) - 1951, Gorey, Jersey, grassland, leg. J. G. Sheals, det. G. O. Evans (labelled Epicriopsis horridus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
7B3E400140F11A9D1CC75EF538F68BFE.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Kosicka Kotlina Basin: Valaliky Village (Kovac et al. 1999).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
7B3E400140F11A9D1CC75EF538F68BFE.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Borska Nizina Lowland: 2 ♀♀ - 10. 4. 2004, Tomky Village, Dolna Studena Voda Reservoir, littoral alder forest (Alnus sp.), wet leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 175 m, leg. P. Masan. Veľka Fatra Mts.: 4 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂ - 21. 7. 2004, Liptovske Revuce Village, Veľka Rakytova Dolina Valley, beech forest (Fagion sylvaticae), rocky canyon, moss, altitude 780 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
E327DCAFF93C41AA76A4D32481EEB002.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Italy: 2 ♀♀ (ISZA: 99 / 9, 99 / 10, syntypes) - Palermo, musco (labelled Epicrius mollis).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
E02B3B868810198BF4BFFA7DBB813687.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Japan: 1 ♀ (CKI, paratype) - 28. 1. 1967, Matsuyama, K. Ishikawa.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
546A629F23C33F4892DBEC0A9266A16C.taxon	description	Plates 34, 76 C	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
546A629F23C33F4892DBEC0A9266A16C.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Sweden: 2 ♀♀ (ZMB: 41443, holotype; ZMB: 41444 paratype) - Schweden, 2966 - 2967.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
E203F1C5B06A3E55EBBCFBAFD718FDF0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (adults). In female, dorsal shield lightly sclerotised, weakly reticulated or unornamented, often irregular in outlines (with 1 - 3 pairs of lateral incisions), narrowed and not covering whole dorsal surface; dorsal setae short, needle-shaped, similar in length, inserted on dorsal shield (18 - 25 pairs) and soft integument beside the dorsal shield (3 - 20 pairs); sometimes dorsolateral and ventrolateral soft integument hypertrichous, with up to 35 setal pairs (non-hypertrichous forms usually with standard number of 28 - 29 pairs of dorsal setae on dorsal shield and soft integument). Male often with some dorsal shield setae (8 - 10 pairs) conspicuous, thickened, extremely long and much longer than some of the shortest ones; with slightly expanded dorsal shield capturing some additional pairs of setae inserted on soft integument in female. Female with st 1 on weakly sclerotised and inconspicuous sternal shield; setae st 2 on sternal shield, small sternal shield fragments or soft integument; setae st 3 associated with small endopodal platelets II-III or on soft integument; and st 4 on soft integument; sternal shield usually markedly reduced; epigynal shield widely separated from anal shield, with parallel lateral margins, and usually with genital poroids on its surface. Female with anal shield, male with anal shield or ventrianal shield bearing 1 - 3 pairs of opisthogastric setae. Peritrematal shields or peritremes with anterior ends free and not connected to dorsal shield. Opisthogastric soft integument with five to six pairs of setae (JV 3 usually absent in male). Corniculi slender and pointed, with undivided apex. Fixed digit of female chelicera usually edentate, with bifid terminal hook, sometimes with one or two medial denticles; movable digit edentate, with strongly developed terminal hook; pilus dentilis usually not modified into a membranous structure; male with well elongated spermatodactyl directed downward. Palptarsal apotele two-tined. Genu III and tibia III with two anterolateral and one posterolateral setae; tibia IV with two anterolateral and two posterolateral setae. Tarsi I-IV each with empodium and slightly to fully reduced claws. Insemination apparatus with spermathecal ducts unfused.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
EEF88CDBE4F46124A898977D76F27F86.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. India: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (BMNH: 65 / 633 / 20, male holotype, female allotype) - 14. 1. 1964, Calcutta, University, Ballygunge, soil litter under decomposed Eichhornia crassipes, sides of a pond.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
BEB968645D0CEB943283DE658D9432F3.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Ecuador: 1 ♀ (ZMB: 44922, holotype) - 12. 2. 1985, Galapagos I., Bartolome, Uferzone, 85 - 139, 6653.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
943B116DC4826A04AC61AA7972EA938B.taxon	description	Plates 35, 36, 37 A, 37 C, 76 A, 76 H, 77 A	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
943B116DC4826A04AC61AA7972EA938B.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Chile: 1 ♀ (ZMB: 41662, holotype) - 9. 10. 1965, El Arrayan (Prov. Santiago), aus dicker Laubschicht, 2997 (labelled Ameroseius stramenis). Germany: 1 ♀ (ZMB: 41009) - Jun. 1958, Muencheberg, Luzerne (labelled Ameroseius plumigera); 1 ♀ (ZSM: Coll. Hirschm. / Willm. 1) - Waging am See, Neubau, leg. O. Brandt, M. Postner, det. W. Hirschmann; 78 ♀♀ (ZSM: Coll. Hirschm. / Willm. 2) - 26. 4. 1963, Muenchen, Neubau, leg. M. Postner, det. W. Hirschmann; 19 ♀♀ (ZMB: 41008) - 17. 10. 1963, Kiel, Neubau, leg. F. Bolle, det. G. Rack, redet. G. O. Evans in 1964, 2987, A 19 / 63 (labelled Ameroseius plumigera); 4 ♀♀ (ZSM: Coll. Popp P 483 / 1) - Sep. 1968, Pei Benberg, Neubau, leg. Ludwig, det. Popp; 10 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 26 / 69) - 14. 7. 1969, Bomlitz, Einfamilienhaus-neubau, leg. H. Wasser, det. G. Rack in 1969 (labelled Kleemannia plumigera); 1 ♀ (ZMH: A 41 / 73) - May 1973, Kassel, Neubau, leg. H. Kuehne, det. G. Rack in 1973 (labelled Ameroseius plumigerus); 9 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 12 / 74) - Oct. 1973, Bez. Hannover, Neubau, leg. E. Gersdorf, det. G. Rack in 1973 (labelled Ameroseius plumigerus); 2 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 11 / 74) - 25. 10. 1973, Meinhard-Grebendorf / Niedersachsen, Neubauwohnung, leg. H. Wenderoth, det. G. Rack in 1973 (labelled Ameroseius plumigerus); 14 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 53 / 73) - 5. 11. 1973, Uetze (Niedersachsen), massenhaft in den Raeumen einer Firma, leg. U. Zellentin, det. G. Rack in 1973 (labelled Ameroseius plumigerus); 38 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 78 / 89) - 25. 10. 1988, Bergisch-Gladbach, massenhaft in einer Wohnung nach Neuverlegung des Parketts, leg. U. Lambert, det. G. Rack in 1988 (labelled Ameroseius plumigerus). Ireland: 1 ♀ (NMINH: 2013.3.1, holotype) - no collection data (labelled Lasioseius gracilis). Italy: 4 ♀♀, 1 ♂ (ISZA: 190 / 15, 190 / 16, 194 / 18, syntypes) - Firenze, fiorume stalle; 2 ♀♀ (ISZA: 190 / 17, syntypes) - Firenze, fenili; 4 ♀♀ (ISZA: 210 / 37, 210 / 38) - Padova, fiorume.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
943B116DC4826A04AC61AA7972EA938B.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Trnavska Pahorkatina Wold: 2 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂ - 18. 11. 2005, Horna Streda Village, cellar of a single-family house, decaying potatoes with soil-sand substrate, altitude 170 m, leg. P. Masan; 9 ♀♀ - 13. 10. 2012, Horna Streda Village, cellar of a single-family house, decaying potatoes with soil-sand substrate, altitude 170 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
177575A85A16F4CDC9F9444EB330C869.taxon	description	Figure 3, Plate 38	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
177575A85A16F4CDC9F9444EB330C869.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dorsal shield with 28 pairs of setae (z 6 absent); setae relatively narrow, sword-shaped. Setae j 5 and j 6 conspicuously lengthened, subequal to J 2 and J 4, and with tips reaching beyond bases of j 6 and J 2, respectively. Ventrianal shield with two pairs of opisthogastric setae (JV 2, JV 3); setae JV 2 close to anterior margin of the shield. Setae JV 4 present.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
177575A85A16F4CDC9F9444EB330C869.taxon	description	Description. Female. Idiosoma suboval, widened medially and narrowed anteriorly, 385 μm long and 255 μm wide. Dorsal shield normally sclerotised, evenly and entirely reticulate, with several pairs of very shallow and indistinct depressions on anterior surface, covering whole dorsal surface, and bearing 28 pairs of setae. Dorsal setae spatulate, with parallel lateral margins and central longitudinal rib; setal margins smooth or serrate. Setae in central rows longer (up to 100 μm) than those in submarginal (60 - 70 μm) and marginal rows (50 - 60 μm). Setae j 5 and j 6 conspicuously lengthened, subequal to J 2 and J 4, longer than distance between their bases and bases of j 6 and J 2, respectively. Setae J 2 with tips reaching beyond bases of J 4, and setae J 4 reaching beyond posterior margin of idiosoma. Setae j 1 relatively short, 19 - 22 μm long, with spines on lateral margins. The length of some selected dorsal setae as follows: j 4 50 - 55 μm, j 5 and j 6 77 - 85 μm, J 2 90 - 95 μm, J 4 93 - 100 μm, z 5 68 - 73 μm. Sternal shield subquadrate, with anterolateral corners between coxae I and II, 72 μm in length and width (at level of st 2), reticulate, with two pairs of setae (st 1, st 2). Pseudo-metasternal platelets present, relatively large, subcircular, each bearing a seta (st 3) and poroid structure. Metasternal setae (st 4) on soft integument. Epigynal shield relatively shorter and wider, 98 μm in width, slightly expanded behind genital setae, almost trapezoidal, with reticulate pattern and a pair of genital setae (st 5). Three pairs of narrow and transverse postgenital sclerites present. Metapodal platelets suboval. Peritremes and peritrematal shields normally developed. Six pairs of opisthogastric setae present (JV 4 expressed). Ventrianal shield 143 μm wide and 123 μm long, with medial anterior margin moderately concave and posterior margin widely rounded, almost pentagonal, well reticulate, having three circum-anal setae and two pairs of opisthogastric setae. Except for JV 5, all ventrally situated setae smooth and needle-like; sternal setae 21 - 24 μm in length, slightly longer than opisthogastric and adanal setae (16 - 18 μm), and postanal seta (23 μm). Setae JV 5 of similar form and length as those on dorsal shield, 62 - 66 μm long. Epistome with central spine-like process. Setae h 1 thickened. Fixed digit of chelicera with four small teeth on proximal masticatory area. Other gnathosomal structures and leg chaetotaxy typical of genus.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
177575A85A16F4CDC9F9444EB330C869.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name is derived from the Greek words " dolichos " (long) and " chaete " (bristle), and it expresses one of the most important features of the species-the dorsal shield bears the longest setae among the known members of the subgenus Primoseius, especially in its anterior medial portion.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
FE5A46594B9D5C18336B2A9A403AA06F.taxon	description	Plates 39, 40	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
FE5A46594B9D5C18336B2A9A403AA06F.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 1 ♀ - 28. 7. 2004, Svaety Jur Town, Sur Forest, alder forest, nest of Passer monatnus (Aves), artificial nest box, straw litter, altitude 130 m, leg. K. Sobekova and P. Puchala.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
C83027540265293CE608263246E62C33.taxon	description	Plates 41, 42	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
C83027540265293CE608263246E62C33.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Germany / India: 2 ♀♀ (ZMB: 40281) - 2. 5. 1969, Zwiebeln 301, Indien, " Meyenburg ", 2989 (labelled Ameroseius gracilis); 2 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 102 / 85) - Nov. 1983, Hamburg, eingeschleppt mit gesacktem Pfeffer, Jutesaecke, leg. Hueter (Degesch), det. G. Rack in 1983 (labelled Ameroseius cf. plumigerus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
F2D12CE3DD989EE286C11A22455C574C.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Brazil: 2 ♀♀ (ESALQ: T-MZLQ 3350 C = 7767, holotype and paratype) - 2004, Lapa do Mosquito, Curvelo - MG, Ex: guano, leg. L. F. O. Bernardi.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
6F9E0E8F702497479123085E95DD896C.taxon	description	Figure 4	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
6F9E0E8F702497479123085E95DD896C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dorsal shield with 29 pairs of setae (z 6 present). Z-setae not reduced in length, at least as long as those in S-setal rows; setae J 2 and J 4 longest, j 1 shortest. Sternal shield with three pairs of sternal setae (st 1 - st 3). Ventrianal shield with two pairs of setae (JV 2, JV 3); setae JV 2 close to anterior margin of the shield. Postgenital soft integument with three pairs of narrow and transverse sclerites.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
6F9E0E8F702497479123085E95DD896C.taxon	description	Description. Female. Idiosoma suboval, narrowed anteriorly, 350 - 370 μm long and 220 - 245 μm wide. Dorsal shield weakly sclerotised, scrobiculate laterally, smooth or delicately reticulate medially and posteromarginally, covering whole dorsal surface, and bearing 29 pairs of setae. Most of dorsal setae similar in length, relatively thin and regularly covered by minute spines; setae z 5, z 6 and S-setae 40 - 50 μm long; Z-setae 50 - 60 μm long; J 2 77 - 81 μm and J 4 83 - 87 μm long; setae j 1 shortest, at most 20 μm in length, laterally with prominent thorns. Sternal shield subquadrate, with anterolateral corners well developed between coxae I and II, 68 - 71 μm in length and width (at level of st 2), weakly reticulate on surface, with three pairs of setae (st 1 - st 3). A pair of poroid structures associated with st 3 on soft integument close to posterolateral corners of sternal shield. Pseudo-metasternal platelets absent. Metasternal setae (st 4) on soft integument. Epigynal shield 86 - 90 μm wide, oblong, slightly expanded behind genital setae, tongue-shaped, with indistinct reticulate pattern and a pair of genital setae (st 5). Three pairs of postgenital sclerites present. Metapodal platelets suboval, relatively small. Peritremes and peritrematal shields normally developed. Ventrianal shield 125 - 140 μm wide and 100 - 110 μm long, straight or very slightly concave anteriorly and widely rounded posteriorly, almost dish-shaped, well reticulate on surface, having three circum-anal setae, two pairs of opisthogastric setae and anus in its posteromedial portion. Except for JV 5, all ventrally situated setae smooth and needle-like; sternal setae about 25 μm in length, slightly longer than ventral and adanal setae (15 - 17 μm), and postanal seta (20 μm). Setae JV 5 of similar form and length as those on dorsal shield, 46 - 48 μm long. Epistome with central spine-like process. Setae h 1 thickened. Fixed digit of chelicera with four small teeth on proximal masticatory area. Other gnathosomal structures and leg chaetotaxy typical of genus.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
6F9E0E8F702497479123085E95DD896C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from the Latin word " mirandus " (strange) - based on unique sternal shield chaetotaxy described in previous paragraph.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
0C9B4F16DCB5E754D7553BCF7D21AEC4.taxon	description	Plates 43, 44	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
0C9B4F16DCB5E754D7553BCF7D21AEC4.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Iran: 1 ♀ (CJH) - Jiroft, Kerman Province, soil sample, leg. J. Hajizadeh.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
F2DEE5E0D890308950EA591FDBC57BD7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (adults). Dorsal shield variously sclerotised and ornamented, normally with 28 - 29 pairs of setae (z 6 present or absent). Dorsal shield setae similar in adults of both sexes, well developed and relatively long, thickened, tubiform or flattened, mostly densely pilose or serrate. In female, st 1 and st 2 on sternal shield, st 3 on small suboval or subcircular pseudo-metasternal platelets or sometimes on soft integument (in Kleemannia mirabilis sp. n. on sternal shield), and st 4 on soft integument; endopodal platelets II-III present, subtriangular, and relatively small; anterior margin of epigynal shield convex, genital poroids on soft integument. Female with five or six pairs of opisthogastric setae (JV 1 - JV 3, JV 5, ZV 2; JV 4 sometimes absent), two pairs of which (JV 2, JV 3) on ventrianal shield (in Kleemannia insignis, JV 2 occasionally on soft integument but contiguous to anterior margin of ventrianal shield), other on soft integument; male with five pairs of opisthogastric setae (JV 4 always absent), 3 - 5 pairs of which on expanded ventrianal shield (JV 1 and / or JV 5 sometimes on soft integument). In both sexes, JV 5 usually similar to those on dorsal shield, other ventrally inserted setae simple, smooth and needle-like. Peritrematal shields anteriorly connected to dorsal shield, and often with enlarged cavity-like poroid structure at level of coxae III. Metapodal platelets well developed, elongate. Corniculi well sclerotised and spaced, usually with bifid or trifid apex; setae h 1 thickened, straight or slightly and regularly curved, progressively taperred and pointed. Fixed digit of chelicera with four subequal teeth on proximal masticatory area; male spermatodactyl relatively small, usually as long as movable cheliceral digit (if not shorter). Epistome with anterior margin produced into narrow and pointed central projection or, sometimes, short obtuse cusp; lateral margins mostly smooth. Palptarsal apotele usually two-tined. Coxae I-IV with delicate sculptural ornamentation, striate and reticulate. Genu III and tibiae III-IV with two anterolateral and two posterolateral setae. Tarsi I-IV each with empodium and claws; tarsi I usually well pigmented, brown in colour. Insemination apparatus with papilla-like sperm induction pores (solenostomes) associated with inner margin of coxae III.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
C82D42DD5A776266C0CF1AD3EA80CF3F.taxon	description	Plate 45	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
C82D42DD5A776266C0CF1AD3EA80CF3F.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Germany / India: 2 ♀♀ (ZMB: 40281) - 2. 5. 1969, Zwiebeln 301, Indien, " Meyenburg ", 2989 (labelled Ameroseius gracilis). Iran: 1 ♀ (IZSAV) - Guilan Province, rice storage, 11, leg. J. Hajizadeh; 2 ♀♀ (CJH) - Jiroft, Kerman Province, soil sample, leg. and det. J. Hajizadeh.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
D60648ED68F9AF8BC92BE18E66847697.taxon	description	Plates 37 B, 46, 47	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
D60648ED68F9AF8BC92BE18E66847697.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Germany: 1 ♀ (ZMB: 40282) - 25. 4. 1969, VAR, an Zwiebeln, mit Tyrophagus putrescentiae vergesell. (labelled Ameroseius gracilis); 11 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 41 / 73) - May 1973, Kassel, Neubau, leg. H. Kuehne, det. G. Rack in 1973. Iran: 16 ♀♀ (IZSAV) - Guilan Province, rice storage, No. 1, leg and det. J. Hajizadeh (labelled Ameroseius lanceosetis). Netherlands: 1 ♀ (RMNH: ACA. P. 4294) - June 1928, Hengelo (O.), in hooi afval, boerderij, leg. Dr. Baudet; 1 ♀ (RMNH: ACA. P. 4295) - Jan. 1927, Arnhem, in huis, leg. Oudemans; 1 ♀ (RMNH: ACA. P. 4296) - Aug. 1921, Wapenvelde bij Apeldoorn, in hooi afval, Wageningen; 1 ♀ (RMNH: ACA. P. 4297) - July 1896, Sneek, Vespertilio dasycneme, leg. Oudemans; 1 ♀ (RMNH: ACA. P. 4299) - July 1928, Ophovizolder, Franeker, Utrecht, leg. Dr. Baudet; 3 ♀♀ (ZSM: Coll. Vitzthum / Kneissl V 597) - July 1928, Franeker / Friesland, in Heuabfaellen, vom Heuboden; 3 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 74 / 74) - 1. 10. 1974, NL-Schayk, Kok, Crocidura russula, Zool. Lab. Nijmegen, det. G. Rack in 1974. United Kingdom: 1 ♀ (BMNH: 1955.6.1.91) - 27. 8. 1954, London, Zool. Gardens, hay, det. J. G. Sheals (labelled Kleemania plumosus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
D60648ED68F9AF8BC92BE18E66847697.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 1 ♀ - 31. 7. 1991, Suľany Village, willow-poplar flood plain forest (Salici-Populetum), fresh cadaver of Clethrionomys glareolus (Mammalia), altitude 120 m, leg. P. Masan and J. Kristofik.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
30F6AC6F7A5DF086DCF5A0CA2CD68A22.taxon	description	Plates 48, 49	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
30F6AC6F7A5DF086DCF5A0CA2CD68A22.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Netherlands: Slide RMNH: ACA. P. 4300 (28. 10. 1896, Arnhem, Sciurus vulgaris, ♀ vent., leg. Oudemans), received for a study and labelled Kleemannia plumea, is bearing no mounted specimens.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
30F6AC6F7A5DF086DCF5A0CA2CD68A22.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Laborecka Vrchovina Highland: Stakcin Village, Starina Dam, Gazdoran Forest (Fenďa et al. 1998, Fenďa and Masan 2003). Podunajska Rovina Flatland: Bratislava Capital, Botanical Gardens (Svana et al. 2006). Dobrohost Village, Dunajske Kriviny Forest (Krumpal et al. 2001). Gabcikovo Town, Ostrov Orliaka Morskeho Forest (Fenďa and Lengyel 2007). Svaety Jur Town, Sur Forest (Fenďa et al. 1998, Svana et al. 2006, Fenďa et al. 2011). All records cited as Ameroseius plumea.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
30F6AC6F7A5DF086DCF5A0CA2CD68A22.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Burda Hills: 1 ♀ - 9. 11. 1997, Kamenica Nad Hronom Village, Kovacovske Kopce-juh Forest, oak forest (Quercetum cerris), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 330 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
22AEF4F45E5EC86039424C03A82DC15B.taxon	description	Plates 50, 51, 52, 76 B, 76 D, 77 C, 77 D	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
22AEF4F45E5EC86039424C03A82DC15B.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Germany: 1 ♀ (BMNH) - 11. 10. 1963, Kiel-Suchsdorf, Neubau, leg. F. Bolle, Eing. Nr. A 19 / 63 (labelled Kleemannia spec. 1); 2 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 11 / 74) - 25. 10. 1973, Meinhard-Grebendorf / Niedersachsen, Neubauwohnung, leg. H. Wenderoth, det. G. Rack in 1973. Ireland: 1 ♀ (BMNH: E 2001 - 124) - 29. 12. 1946, Clontarf, Dublin, Mus musculus, F. A. Turk Collection, O. M. 749 (labelled Ameroseius tenellus). Iran: 2 ♀♀ (SHKC) - Feb. 2010, Fars Province, Koohmare-Sorkhi Region, leg. Sh. Yazdanpanah. Netherlands: 1 ♀ (RMNH: ACA. P. 4301, syntype) - Sep. 1910, Helder, in zeegras (pakmateriaal), leg. Dr. Redeke.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
22AEF4F45E5EC86039424C03A82DC15B.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Bodvianska Pahorkatina Wold: Janik Village (Kovac et al. 1999, cited as Ameroseius plumigerus). Kosicka Kotlina Basin: Peder Village; Sebastovce Village; Valaliky Village (Kovac et al. 1999, cited as Ameroseius plumigerus). Slovensky Kras Karst: Ardovo Village, Ardovska Jaskyna Cave; Kecovo Village, Jaskyna Domica Cave (Kovac et al. 2005, cited as Ameroseius plumigerus). Silica Village, Majkova Jaskyna Cave; Silicka Brezova Village, Jaskyna Milada Cave (Papac et al. 2006, cited as Ameroseius plumigerus). Vihorlatske Vrchy Hills: Kaluza Village (Mrciak 1977, cited as Kleemania plumigera). Vychodoslovenska Pahorkatina Wold: Trhoviste Village (Kovac et al. 1999, cited as Ameroseius plumigerus). Vychodoslovenska Rovina Flatland: Cicarovce Village; Hran Village; Parchovany Village (Kovac et al. 1999, cited as Ameroseius plumigerus). Hnojne Village (Mrciak 1977, cited as Kleemania plumigera). Zitavska Pahorkatina Wold: Veľke Janikovce Village (Sidor 1986).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
22AEF4F45E5EC86039424C03A82DC15B.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Borska Nizina Lowland: 1 ♀ - 12. 3. 2017, Borsky Svaety Jur Village, shed, soil detritus with sawdust, altitude 170 m, leg. P. Masan. Cierna Hora Mts.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂ - 10. 8. 1996, Mala Lodina Village, Veľka Ruzinska Jaskyna Cave, bottom of cave, organic detritus, leg. Ľ. Kovac. Slovensky Kras Karst: 1 ♀ - 29. 4. 1997, Kecovo Village, NM Jaskyna Domica Cave, Skupina Soch Dome, alluvial clay substrate, altitude 360 m, leg. Ľ. Kovac; 1 ♀ - 13. 6. 1997, Ardovo Village, NM Ardovska Jaskyna Cave, oak forest (Corno-Quercetum) with maple (Acer sp.), moss on rocky walls in cave entrance, altitude 315 m, leg. Ľ. Kovac; 8 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ - 4. 9. 1997, Ardovo Village, Ardovska Jaskyna Cave, Hlavna Chodba Dome, soil detritus with humus, altitude 330 m, leg. Ľ. Kovac; 2 ♀♀ - 4. 9. 1997, Ardovo Village, Ardovska Jaskyna Cave, Vstupna Chodba Dome, fragments of rock with guano and wood detritus, altitude 330 m, leg. Ľ. Kovac; 5 ♀♀ - 4. 9. 1997, Ardovo Village, Ardovska Jaskyna Cave, Zruteny Dom Dome, soil detritus with humus under stone, altitude 330 m, leg. Ľ. Kovac.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
50A93691C1275871E6B556EB9B9864F2.taxon	description	Plates 53, 54, 55, 56	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
50A93691C1275871E6B556EB9B9864F2.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Germany: 2 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 19 / 63) - 11. 10. 1963, Kiel-Suchsdorf, Neubau, leg. F. Bolle, det. G. Rack in 1970; 1 ♀ (ZMB: 41031) - 1. 11. 1967, Tessin, Roggen H II, 2986, leg. G. Jahr; 22 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 26 / 69) - 14. 7. 1969, Bomlitz, Einfamilienhaus-neubau, leg. H. Wasser, det. G. Rack in 1969; 3 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 18 / 70) - Apr. 1970, Mettlach / Saar, Bueroneubau, leg. W. Behrenz, det. G. Rack in 1970; 3 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 70 / 71) - 26. 10. 1971, Bremen-Huchting, Neubau, Wohnung III, leg. and det. G. Rack in 1971; 6 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 20 / 73) - Jan. / Feb. 1973, Hannover, mehrstoeckige Neubaublocks, leg. W. Ruehm, det. G. Rack in 1973. Iran: 1 ♀ (SHKC) - 14. 5. 1991, Kerman Province, Bam County, Deh Bakri Region, under elytrae of Oryctes nasicornis (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), leg. N. Mehrzad. Italy: 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (ISZA: 12 / 36, syntypes) - Firenze, stalle; 1 ♀ (ISZA: 12 / 47, syntype) - Impruneta-Firenze, letamai; 1 ♀ (ISZA: 36 / 10, syntype) - Firenze, Cascine, legno castagno, bello; 1 ♀ (ISZA: 36 / 12, syntype) - Impruneta-Firenze, nel fiorume; 1 ♀ (ISZA: 27 / 21) - Castions di Strada, Udine, foglie marce (labelled Ameroseius dubitatus). Netherlands: 1 ♀ (RMNH: ACA. P. 4303, syntype) - July 1896, Sneek, Vespertilio dasycneme, leg. Oudemans; 2 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 24 / 72) - 19. 9. 1966, Hatert (Nijmegen), host: Micromys minutus, leg. and det. Lukoschus, Zool. Lab. Nijmegen. Norway: 3 ♀♀ (ISZA: 18 / 28) - Norway, leg. Thor (labelled Ameroseius dubitatus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
50A93691C1275871E6B556EB9B9864F2.taxon	materials_examined	Published material from Slovakia. Hronska Pahorkatina Wold: Mudronovo Village (Kristofik et al. 1996, cited as Ameroseius plumosus). Male Karpaty Mts.: Bratislava Capital, Devin Settlement, Devinska Lesostep Forest; Bratislava Capital, Devin Settlement, Fialkova Dolina Valley (Kaluz 2005, cited as Ameroseius plumosus). Ondavska Vrchovina Highland: Ruska Poruba Village (Mrciak 1963, cited as Kleemania plumosa). Vihorlatske Vrchy Hills: Kaluza Village (Mrciak 1977, cited as Kleemania plumosa). Vychodoslovenska Pahorkatina Wold: Klokocov Village (Mrciak 1977, cited as Kleemania plumosa). Vychodoslovenska Rovina Flatland: Hnojne Village; Kristy Village; Oborin Village, Malcice Settlement; Tibava Village (Mrciak 1977, cited as Kleemania plumosa). Zitavska Pahorkatina Wold: Veľke Janikovce Village (Sidor 1986, cited as Kleemannia plumosus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
50A93691C1275871E6B556EB9B9864F2.taxon	materials_examined	Dubious published material from Slovakia. Ondavska Vrchovina Highland: Ruska Poruba Village (Mrciak 1963, cited as Ameroseius dubiatus). [Notes: The original description of A. dubitatus is based only on a brief enumeration of unclear or vague diagnostic characters. Therefore it was not included in the identification keys of Westerboer and Bernhard (1963), Karg (1971 a, 1993) or Bregetova (1977). According to Bregetova (1977), A. dubitatus seems to be a species very closely related with Ameroseius elegans Bernhard, 1963. Now we know that A. dubitatus is a synonym of Kleemannia plumosus. Slovak voucher material labelled Ameroseius dubiatus (sic) is not available for revision, so it is excluded from the list of valid published records.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
50A93691C1275871E6B556EB9B9864F2.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Male Karpaty Mts.: 2 ♀♀ - 9. 5. 2009, Bratislava Capital, zoological garden, dung-hill, manure, altitude 180 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
7431E6EE33DE24E29FC9F81AD116EC66.taxon	description	Plates 57, 58, 59, 60	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
7431E6EE33DE24E29FC9F81AD116EC66.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Australia: 2 ♀♀ (SAMA: ARA 73 / N 1951689, ARA 73 / N 1951690) - Jan. 1954, Port Adelaide, in bark scrapings of logs, det. H. Womersley (labelled Primoseius macauleyi). Belgium: 1 ♂ (No. 170354) - 6. 10. 1967, Anvers, zoological garden, litiere de cobaye (Cavia porcellus), leg. P. Elsen (labelled Ameroseiidae). Germany: 1 ♀ (BMNH) - 1957, Langenhorn, Muellplatz, Eing. Nr. A 2, 62, leg. H. J. Haas (labelled Kleemannia plumosus); 15 ♀♀ (BMNH) - 9. 12. 1963, Flensburg, Neues Rathaus, leg. and det. G. Rack, Eing. Nr. A 5 / 64 (labelled Kleemannia plumigera); 4 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 53 / 71, holotype and paratypes) - 4. 11. 1971, Bischofsheim b. Frankfurt a. M., Neubau, leg. F. Loenholdt. Greece: 2 ♀♀ (IZSAV) - 16. 8. 2005, Chalkidiki Peninsula, Sarti Village, bank of a small river under plane trees, soil detritus with leaf fall, leg. P. Masan. Iran: 1 ♀ (SHKC) - 20. 11. 2001, Tehran Province, Tehran Capital, Lale Park, soil detritus, leg. and det. Sh. Kazemi (labelled Ameroseius eumorphus). Israel: 2 ♀♀ (IZSAV) - 27. 11. 1966, Sha'ar Hagolan, banana plantation, litter, leg. and det. M. Costa (labelled Kleemania plumosus); 3 ♀♀ (BMNH) - 5. 10. 1962, Mishmar Haemek, manure heap, ex. 1968.1.26: 7, leg. and det. M. Costa [labelled and published as Kleemania plumosus by Costa (1966)]. Japan: 1 ♀ (BMNH) - 5. 8. 1959, Japan: at Hawaii, Arctotis stoechadifolia, Lot. 60 / 2461 (4 flowers), leg. H. Woolford (labelled Kleemania). Sweden: 1 ♀ (ZMH: A 1. 1972.4702) - 28. 9. 1959, Schweden, Vaesteras, von Birnenblaet., M. Sellnick Collection (labelled Kleemannia pavidus). United Kingdom: 1 ♀ (BMNH) - 1905, 24. 6. 1925, Lincolnshire, C. F. George Collection, 596 (labelled Acarina, Gamasea, Sejus); 1 ♀ (BMNH: E 2001 - 124) - F. A. Turk Collection, re-det. in Oct. 1973 by R. M. P. (labelled Kleemania plumosus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
7431E6EE33DE24E29FC9F81AD116EC66.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Oravska Magura Mts.: 2 ♀♀ - 15. 10. 1994, Zazriva Village, Mincol Forest (labelled as Ameroseius eumorphus - leg. et det. S. Kaluz, unpublished but registered by the ' Databank of Slovak Fauna' at former http: // zoology. fns. uniba. sk / dfs / system 300. htm). Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 1 ♀ - 30. 11. 1994, Dobrohost Village, Dunajske Kriviny Forest (labelled as " ameroseiid " - leg. S. Kaluz, possibly registered by the ' Databank of Slovak Fauna' under the name Ameroseius pseudoplumosus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
BA257F8E62BBA0EDED60B39CC7395E1E.taxon	description	Plates 61, 62, 63	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
BA257F8E62BBA0EDED60B39CC7395E1E.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Germany: 1 ♀ (ZMB: 40156, holotype) - Febr. 1963, Manschnow / Oderbruch, Gewaechshaus, 2985 (labelled Ameroseius fimetorum). Italy: 2 ♀♀ (ISZA: 171 / 12, holotype; ISZA: 171 / 13, paratype) - Firenze, musco; 1 ♀ (ISZA: 21 / 8, paratype) - Tiarno, Trentino, fiorume; 2 ♀♀ (ISZA: 168 / 50, paratypes) - Tiarno, Trentino, nel fieno; 1 ♀ (ISZA: 171 / 14) - Palermo, musco.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
BA257F8E62BBA0EDED60B39CC7395E1E.taxon	materials_examined	New material from Slovakia. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: 6 ♀♀ - 3. 5. 2006, Bratislava Capital, air-port, meadow, burrow entry of Spermophilus citellus (Mammalia), rotting leaves and vegetation rests, altitude 150 m, leg. P. Masan.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
ABC961759EE01D4DB124613A8AE89985.taxon	description	Plates 64, 65, 66	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
ABC961759EE01D4DB124613A8AE89985.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Japan: 1 ♀ (CKI, paratype) - 20. 4. 1968, Matsuyama, K. Ishikawa.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
ABC961759EE01D4DB124613A8AE89985.taxon	materials_examined	Published and verified material from Slovakia. Ipeľska Kotlina Basin: Veľky Krtis Town. Male Karpaty Mts.: Bratislava Capital, Devin Settlement, Fialkova Dolina Valley. Podunajska Rovina Flatland: Blatna Na Ostrove Village. All records published by Fenďa and Lukas (2014).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
7FAD69652E1F65F8EFB42FE91162E3C3.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Vietnam: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 1 protonymph (MPUV: MP- 1290, syntypes) - 20. 2. 1985, Danang, Lepidoptera (niebieski motyl) (labelled Neocypholaelaps ewae, holotyp).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
EBC5D6E2F961F55CE77EC7B74A033F7C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (adults). Dorsal shield variously sclerotised and ornamented, normally with 29 pairs of setae (28 pairs in Neocypholaelaps xylocopae, and 30 pairs in Neocypholaelaps novaehollandiae). Dorsal shield setae simple or variously modified, needle-like (smooth, pilose or serrate) to lanceolate or clavate (densely plumose), and sexually dimorphic: females with similar setae; males with at least one seta conspicuously enlarged, or with a mixture of shortened, thickened and lengthened setae). In female, st 1 and st 2 on sternal shield, st 3 on soft integument or small suboval pseudo-metasternal platelets and st 4 on soft integument; sternal and epigynal shields usually smooth and unornamented on surface; genital poroids outside the epigynal shield. Female with anal shield bearing three circum-anal setae, male with slightly expanded anal shield or ventrianal shield bearing 1 - 3 pairs of opisthogastric setae (often JV 2 and / or JV 3, rarely also ZV 2). Peritrematal shields or peritremes with anterior ends connected to dorsal shield. Opisthogastric soft integument with six pairs of setae in female (five pairs in Neocypholaelaps wilsoni). Soft striate integument usually densely incrusted with sclerotic denticles or tubercles. Corniculi slender and convergent, surrounded by hyaline membranes, with undivided and pointed apex. In female, fixed digit of chelicera usually edentate on proximal masticatory area, with at most one weak subdistal tooth, bearing hyaline lobed appendage; movable digit edentate, sometimes with subapical denticle, well hooked distally, and provided with spermatodactyl in male. Epistome with rounded and denticulate anterior margin. Palptarsal apotele two-tined. Genu III and tibiae III-IV with two anterolateral and one posterolateral setae. Tarsi I-IV each with well developed empodium and claws. Insemination apparatus with spermathecal ducts fused or separate.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
909FFE1AD660DF3BD0C2F9F73B93CF2C.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. New Guinea: 1 ♀ (BMNH, paratype) - 1963, Wau Creek, rainbow lorry, leg. P. Shanahan, Bishop Museum, BBM-NG 20425.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
2AE974126D38D8ACEE2D983E3C7DD2D6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (female). Dorsal shield heavily sclerotised and coarsely ornamented, with reduced number of 21 pairs of setae (j 1 - j 6, J 2, J 4, z 4, z 5, Z 2, Z 5, s 1, s 4, s 5, S 2 - S 5, r 3 and r 4 present; z 2, z 6, Z 1, Z 3, s 2, s 6, r 2 and r 5 absent). Dorsal setae including j 1 similar in length and form, thickened, with serrate edges. Sternal setae on sternal shield (st 1, st 2), soft integument (st 3, st 4), and epigynal shield (st 5). Opisthogastric region with reduced number of four pairs of setae (JV 1, JV 2, JV 5 and ZV 2 present; JV 3 and JV 4 absent), two of which on ventrianal shield (JV 2, ZV 2). Setae JV 1 and JV 5 on soft integument. Ventrally inserted setae smooth and needle-like, except JV 5, longer and slightly spine-shaped. Gnathosoma relatively small. Corniculi weakly sclerotised distally, membranous, with undivided apex. Cheliceral digits relatively small, fixed digit with two teeth on medial masticatory area. Epistome subtriangular, with irregularly and obtusely curved apex. Palptarsal apotele three-tined. Genu III, and tibiae III-IV with two anterolateral and one posterolateral setae. Tarsi I-IV each with empodium and claws, apotele of tarsi I sessile.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
90420FB8A644B957F73E73D38285D688.taxon	description	Plate 67	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
90420FB8A644B957F73E73D38285D688.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Spain: 2 ♀♀ (MZNA: 443694, holotype; MZNA: 443695, paratype) - 8. 12. 1995, Islas Canarias, Tenerife, Punta del Diablo (Teno), Altitud 200 m, UTM: 28 RCS 141 384.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
E1C758572451F163981860B247A5530B.taxon	description	Plate 68	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
E1C758572451F163981860B247A5530B.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Iran: 1 ♀ (IZSAV) - Guilan Province, rice storage, No. 11, leg. J. Hajizadeh.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
EC6CB5FC9DBC8E3CE8B7A538CE3DCD0A.taxon	description	Plate 69	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
EC6CB5FC9DBC8E3CE8B7A538CE3DCD0A.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. U. S. A.: 1 ♀ (BMNH) - 12. 4. 1955, Co. Utah, Camelback Mt., Dugway, Tooele, host: Peromyscus maniculatus, AH 124: 005, det. H. Hurlbutt (labelled Kleemannia plumosus); 1 ♀ (BMNH) - 12. 5. 1955, Co. Utah, Stansbury Mts., Dugway, Tooele, host: Dipodomys ordii, AH 154: 008, det. H. Hurlbutt (labelled Kleemannia plumosus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
4A165DCA91F666A56A26B5FB34521383.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (adults). Dorsal shield variously sclerotised and ornamented, with 28 - 29 pairs of setae, including z 6; setae Z 2 absent in some species. Dorsal shield setae similar in adults of both sexes, relatively short (with tips never reaching bases of the following setae of the same longitudinal rows), mostly smooth and spatulate, sometimes crenelated, paddle-shaped or spoon-shaped, with a broad flat end tapering to the base; setae j 1 otherwise modified, smooth or serrate, usually with pointed apex, and often with ventral position on vertex. In female, st 1 and st 2 on sternal shield, st 3 on small suboval or subtriangular pseudo-metasternal platelets, and st 4 on soft integument; endopodal platelets II-III well developed, relatively large, subtriangular and close to posterolateral angles of sternal shield; anterior margin of epigynal shield usually deeply concave to form two cusps, genital poroids on soft integument. Opisthogastric region with five pairs of setae in females and males (JV 1 - JV 3, JV 5, ZV 2; JV 4 absent); setae JV 5 usually similar to those on dorsal shield, other ventrally inserted setae simple, smooth and needle-like; females with three pairs of opisthogastric setae (JV 1, JV 5, ZV 2) on soft integument and two pairs (JV 2, JV 3) on ventrianal shield; male with more expanded ventrianal shield bearing all five pairs of opisthogastric setae. Peritrematal shields anteriorly fused to dorsal shield, with enlarged cavity-like poroid structure at the level of coxa III and well developed parapodal portion. Metapodal platelets relatively large, longitudinally elongate. Soft striate integument simple, not with additional sclerotic granulation. Corniculi normally sclerotised, well spaced and trifid; setae h 1 markedly thickened proximally, curved and abruptly tapered medially, attenuate distally, and sharply pointed apically. Fixed digit of chelicera with three subequal teeth on proximal masticatory area; male spermatodactyl small, shorter than movable cheliceral digit. Epistome with anterior margin produced into narrow and bifid central projection; lateral margins with several minute spines. Palptarsal apotele two-tined. Coxae I-IV with rows of minute spines, coxae II with spine-like process on anterior surface; coxae I-IV and femora I-IV with lamellar and / or papular sclerotic structures. Genu III, and tibiae III-IV with two anterolateral and two posterolateral setae. Tarsi I-IV each with empodium and rudimentary claws, or claws absent. Insemination apparatus with papilla-like sperm induction pores (solenostomes) associated with inner margin of coxae III; spermathecal ducts free and elongated.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
4FCCED31951604A82E787373980923D3.taxon	description	Plates 70, 71, 76 E, 77 B	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
4FCCED31951604A82E787373980923D3.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Argentina: 1 ♀ (BMNH: 1961.6.2029, holotype) - 39 / 2, det. J. G. Sheals (labelled Kleemannia nodosa). Germany: 5 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 2 / 62) - 1957, Langenhorn, Muellplatz, leg. H. J. Haas, det. G. O. Evans (2 ex.) and G. Rack (3 ex.) in 1964 (labelled Kleemannia nodosa); 2 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 41 / 73) - May 1973, Kassel, Neubau, leg. H. Kuehne, det. G. Rack in 1973 (labelled Ameroseius nodosus); 6 ♀♀ (ZMH: A 108 / 85) - 17. 9. 1985, NW Deutschland, Stade, laestig in einem Badezimmer, leg. U. Zellentin, det. G. Rack in 1985 (labelled Ameroseius nodosus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
84A9656CC3C260A760E9E1E8DB20B701.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (female). Dorsal shield weakly sclerotised but coarsely ornamented, with 29 pairs of setae (z 6 present). Dorsal setae including j 1 similar in length and form, odd-pinnate. Sternal setae on sternal shield (st 1, st 2, st 3), soft integument (st 4) and epigynal shield (st 5); opisthogastric soft integument with five pairs of setae (JV 1 - JV 3, JV 5, ZV 2), all on soft integument (anal shield only with three circum-anal setae). Opisthogastric setae mostly short, smooth and needle-like; setae JV 5 short or long, thickened and densely pilose to plumose; postanal seta smooth or pilose. Corniculi well sclerotised, relatively slender, with incised apex and subdistal tubercle; setae h 1 slightly thickened. Cheliceral digits relatively large, fixed digit with three well developed teeth on proximal masticatory area (two proximal teeth somewhat adjacent). Epistome curved, smooth or with minute serrations. Palps relatively small, palptarsal apotele three-tined. Genu III and tibia III each with two anterolateral and one posterolateral setae, genu IV with two ventral setae, tibia IV with two anterolateral and two posterolateral setae. Tarsi I-IV each with normal empodium and claws.	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
D26EE3BAC4BCD4C9E4A0606E6BB073D9.taxon	description	Plates 73, 74, 75	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
D26EE3BAC4BCD4C9E4A0606E6BB073D9.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material. Finland: 2 ♀♀ (ZMT: ACA. MES. FIN. 3.654, holotype and paratype) - 10. 10. 1982, Parainen, Sunnaberg, bottom of straw shed, leg. P. T. Lehtinen (labelled Sinoseius pinnatus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
D26EE3BAC4BCD4C9E4A0606E6BB073D9.taxon	materials_examined	Published and verified material from Slovakia. Cierna Hora Mts.: Veľky Folkmar Village, Ruzin Dam; Veľky Folkmar Village, Veľka Hoľa Cave (Fenďa and Lukas 2014, cited as Sinoseius pinnatus).	en	Masan, Peter (2017): A revision of the family Ameroseiidae (Acari, Mesostigmata), with some data on Slovak fauna. ZooKeys 704: 1-228, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.704.13304
