Name and classification
Ameroseius Berlese, 1904 (some authors cite the year as 1903; here we verified the original publication date)
Taxonomy
Superorder Parasitiformes » Order Mesostigmata » Suborder Monogynaspida » Hyporder Dermanyssiae » Family Ameroseiidae » Genus Ameroseius
Type species
Seius echinatus C. L. Koch, 1839 (= Acarus corbicula Sowerby, 1806 = Seius muricatus Koch, 1839)
Common synonyms
Kleemannia Oudemans is considered either as a junior synonym (Halliday, 1997) or as a valid genus (Evans and Till, 1979). Here we follow the most recent works by considering Kleemannia a junior synonym of Ameroseius. However, below we give diagnostic character states of Kleemannia to differentiate it from the typical Ameroseius.