Austronothrus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Crotonioidea
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 Subordo: Holosomata Superfamilia: Crotonioidea

Familia: Crotoniidae
Subfamilia: Crotoniinae
Genus: Austronothrus
Species (5): A. clarki – A. curviseta – A. flagellatus – A. kinabalu – A. rostralis

Name

Austronothrus Hammer, 1966

• Type species: Austronothrus curviseta Hammer, 1966
  • Fixation: monotypy
• ZooBank: 05493977-845F-4834-8F05-F67C6C650555

References

Primary references

• Hammer, M. 1966: Investigations on the oribatid fauna of New Zealand. Part I. Biologiske skrifter 15(2): 1–108. [Hammer PDF].Reference page. 

Additional references

• Luxton, M. 1985: Cryptostigmata (Arachnida: Acari) - a concise review. Fauna of New Zealand (7) Extract and PDF Reference page. 
• Colloff, M.J. & Cameron, S.L. 2009: A revision of the oribatid mite genus Austronothrus Hammer (Acari: Oribatida): sexual dimorphism and a re-evaluation of the phylogenetic relationships of the family Crotoniidae. Invertebrate systematics 23(2): 87–110. DOI: 10.1071/IS08032 Reference page. 
• Colloff, M.J. & Cameron, S.L. 2014: Beyond Moa’s Ark and Wallace’s Line: extralimital distribution of new species of Austronothrus (Acari, Oribatida, Crotoniidae) and the endemicity of the New Zealand oribatid mite fauna. Zootaxa 3780(2): 263–281. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.2.3 Reference page.