Aleurodamaeus recenfesevpi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Plateremaeoidea

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: Acariformes Ordo: Oribatida Infraordo: Desmonomata Subordo: Brachypylina Superfamilia: Plateremaeoidea

Familia: Aleurodamaeidae
Genus: Aleurodamaeus
Species: Aleurodamaeus recenfesevpi

Name

• Aleurodamaeus recenfesevpi Ermilov & Rybalov, 2012: 21, figs. 1–14

Holotype: Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Type locality: Ethiopia, 9º06'N, 38º09'E, 2810 m a.s.l., Cholomu forest, mountain, Hagenia abissinica forming the canopy, moss, 6.11.2011, coll. L.B. Rybalov and A.I. Bastrakov.

Etymology: The new species is named after the Referral Сenter of the Federal service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia, where the first author had the opportunity to investigate oribatid mites for several years.

References

• Ermilov, S.G. & Rybalov, L.B. 2012. A new species of Aleurodamaeus from Ethiopia, with remarks on the taxonomic status of Aleurodamaeus (Trichodamaeus) Mahunka, 1984 (Acari: Oribatida: Aleurodamaeidae). Opuscula zoologica 43(1): 21–26. ResearchGate . PDF Reference page.