COMMENTS ON THE TYPE SPECIES OF THE GENUS TRIGONUROPODA TRAGARDH 1952(ACARINA, UROPODIDAE)

The genus Trigonuropoda was described by TRAGARDH 1952, with type spec ies Urodinychus polyphemus Vitzthum 1935. TRAGARDH and VITZTHUM based their taxa on two different series of specimens. HIRSCHMANN later cons idered that TRAGARDH and VITZTHUM had been examining two different spe cies, and created the new name T. tragardhi Hirschmann 1975 for T. pol yphemus sensu TRAGARDH. This action led to confusion as to the identit y of the type species of the genus. However, the characters that HIRSC HMANN used to separate the two species are not valid. T. tragardhi Hir schmann 1975 is a synonym of T. polyphemus (Vitzthum 1935), and the la tter is the type species of the genus.