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Two well-known morphs of Trhypochthoniellus in Europe, the first with developed bothridia and sensilli in adults (‘T. trichosus (Schweizer, 1922)’), and the second without (‘T. setosus Willmann, 1928’) are regarded as junior synonyms of the polymorphic and thelytokous species Trhypochthoniellus longisetus (Berlese, 1904). Three populations have been studied morphometrically. In one population all degrees of trichobothridial regression have been found, many of the specimens being asymmetrical. The species is considered to include morphologically different clones.
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Weigmann, G. (1999). Morphological variability in populations of a thelytokous mite, Trhypochthoniellus longisetus (Oribatida), with notes on synonymy. In: Bruin, J., van der Geest, L.P.S., Sabelis, M.W. (eds) Ecology and Evolution of the Acari. Series Entomologica, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1343-6_49
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