Apexolichus lathami

Taxonavigation

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

Apexolichus lathami Mironov, Dabert & Proctor, 2003

Type data

• 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

• 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