Afroheterozercon madagascariensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Heterozerconoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Parasitiformes Ordo: Mesostigmata Subordo: Sejida Superfamilia: Heterozerconoidea

Familia: Heterozerconidae
Genus: Afroheterozercon
Species: Afroheterozercon madagascariensis

Name

• Afroheterozercon madagascariensis Klompen, Amin & Gerdeman, 2013: 319, figs. 1H, 2H, 4I, 5I, 11

Holotype: OSAL053960, ♂; 20–27 January 2001, coll. S. M. Goodman, ex pitfall trap residue with multiple millipedes, in dry deciduous forest at base tsingy, collection no. FMHD#2001-41.

Type locality: Madagascar, Antsiranana, near Andrafiabe cave, 2.6 km E Andrafiabe, Reserve Speciale d'Ankaranana, ~50m.

Etymology: Named after the country in which the material was collected.

References

• Klompen, H.; Amin, M.; Gerdeman, B.S. 2013: A revision of the genus Afroheterozercon (Acari: Heterozerconidae). Zootaxa 3626(3): 301–325. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.3.1 Reference page.