Apexolichus lathami

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Pterolichoidea 

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: Sarcoptiformes
Subordo: Psoroptidia
Superfamilia: Pterolichoidea

Familia: Pterolichidae
Subfamilia: Pterolichinae
Genus: Apexolichus
Species: Apexolichus lathami

Name

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Apexolichus lathami Mironov, Dabert & Proctor, 2003

Type data

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  • Holotype: QM S48358
    • Type kind: heteromorph male
    • Type locality: Spreyton, TAS, Australia [not QLD as stated in error by Dabert, Mironov & Ehrnsberger (2008: 58)]
    • Type host: Lathamus discolor
    • Paratypes (4 females, 1 male): QM, ZISP

References

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  • Dabert, J.; Mironov, S.V.; Ehrnsberger, R. 2008: Systematic revision of the feather mite genera Apexolichus Gaud et Atyeo and Titanolichus Gaud et Atyeo (Astigmata, Pterolichidae), parasites of parrots of the Old World (Psittaciformes, Psittacidae). Acta parasitologica, 53: 46–80. DOI: 10.2478/s11686-008-0007-x
  • Mironov, S.V.; Dabert, J.; Proctor, H.C. 2003: New feather mites of the family Pterolichidae (Acari: Pterolichoidea) from parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) in Australia. Australian journal of entomology, 42: 185–202. DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.2003.00348.x