Some New Synonymy in The Haemogamasidae, Laelaptidae andDiplogyniidae Indicated by an Examination of Banks' Types ofMesostigmata (Acarina)

[摘要] During the course of a study of certain of the Banks mite types inthe collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at HarvardCollege some cases of obvious synonymy were found. Two of thesecases sink Banks’ names; the remainder result in the establishment ofhis names as senior synonyms. In addition to those of Banks, the typesof Ewing’s, Furman’s and Hicks’ species (all in U.S. NationalMuseum) were examined in connection with this work. I am gratefulto Drs. H. W. Levi and W. L. Brown for arranging for me to studythe Harvard collection and for their many kindnesses during my visit.The following lectotype designations are not as precise as onewould wish. The Banks types in the Museum of ComparativeZoology are not numbered and most names are represented by cotypes.All of the suspected and certain type slides are arranged alphabeticallyaccording to species and kept as a unit in the Arachnida collection ofthe Museum. Thus the lectotypes designated herein will be foundlabeled as such in their proper place in the alphabetical filing scheme.It may also be noted here that some of Banks’ species (none of thosetreated herein) are represented by cotypes in both the MCZ andthe Acarina collection of the U.S. National Museum. The same istrue of Jacot’s material which has been divided evenly between thesemuseums.

[学科分类] 生物科学（综合）