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REMARKS 



ON THE 



(leüoiuiiiïitioii of the genera aud liiglier groupi 



IN 



« Das Tierreich , Oribatidae » 



BY 



Dr. A. C. O U D E M A N S. 



Following rigorously the recent rules of Nomenclature, we are 

 obliged to make the following changes in the names of genera and 

 higher groups, adopted in «Das Tierreich, Oi-ibatidae », (author 

 A. D. Michael). 



p. 1. The name Oribatidae may remain, as the family-name is 

 formed from the genus Oribata of Latreille; and though Oribata 

 Latreille is, in my opinion, quite another genus as the genus 

 Oribata of «Das Tierreich», there is no valuable reason to change 

 the name Oribatidae, Or^ôai^a Latr. being the type-genus of the family. 



p. 5. The name Oribatinae must be changed into Notaspidinae, 

 as the type-genus Oribata of « Das Tierieich » must be changed 

 into Notaspis. 



p. 9, The name Oribata Latr must be changed into Notaspis 

 Herrn, foi- the following reason : It is true that Latreille created, 

 in 1802, the genus Oribata, but in all his works Latreille tells 

 us, that the type of his genus is Acarus genicniatus of Linné 

 (a Bamaeus of Das Tierreich). Then Hermann created, in 1804, 

 the genus Notaspis, and he especially mentions: «j'ai cru devoir 

 rapporter à un genre particulier les mites que Linné et d'autres 



