Breene, R. G., D. Allen Dean, G. B. Edwards, Blain Hebert, Herbert W. Levi, Gail Manning, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2003-01-01 / 2003-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Arachnids, Fifth Edition
Page(s):
42
Publisher:
American Tarantula Society
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
1-929427-11-5/
Notes:
The American Arachnological Society Committee on Common Names of Arachnids. Available online at http://atshq.org/downloads.php
Reference for:
Trombiculidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Qing-Hai Fan, Vladimir Pesic, Harry Smit, et al. / Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2011-12-23 / 2011-12-23
Article/Chapter Title:
Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zootaxa, vol. 3148
Page(s):
129-138
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
9781869778507/1175-5334
Notes:
Available online: https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/3148.html
Reference for:
Trombiculidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Nielsen, David H., Richard G. Robbins, and Leopoldo M. Rueda
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2021-05-07 / 2021-05-07
Article/Chapter Title:
Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758-2021) (Acari: Trombiculidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zootaxa, vol. 4967, no. 1
Page(s):
1-243
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1175-5326
Notes:
doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1
Reference for:
Trombiculidae
Trombiculidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Trombiculidae: Comments
Comment:
The first use of a family-group name (superfamily to subtribe) based on Trombicula Berlese, 1905 seems to have been Trombiculinae Ewing, 1929. Per the Principle of Coordination (ICZN Art. 36.1) authorship of all such family-group names based on Trombicula must be given authorship of Ewing, 1929, regardless who first used them at any particular rank and when
Comment:
The number and names used as valid in the family-group ranks (superfamily to subtribe) for chiggers is apparently a matter of disagreement. Nielsen et al. (2021: 194) state 'The status of the family Walchiidae has been debated for the past 20 years. Wen (1999a, 2004) proposed that the Walchiidae be reinstated as a valid family. This has been contested by Stekolnikov (2018b, 2021). Based on the arguments of the latter author, we have removed Walchiidae as a valid family and placed the subfamily Gahrliepiinae [with tribe Walchiini] in the family Trombiculidae.' Ricardo Bassini-Silva (pers. comm., emails July-August 2021) indicated he supports using 3 families, Leeuwenhoekiidae, Trombiculidae and Walchiidae (but see comment on Gahrliepiinae!), and no subdivisions between family and genus