Ayersacarus knoxi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dermanyssoidea
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: Dermanyssina Superfamilia: Dermanyssoidea

Familia: Leptolaelapidae
Genus: Ayersacarus
Species: Ayersacarus knoxi

Name

Ayersacarus knoxi Clark, 2012: 37

• Original genus: Ayersacarus Hunter, 1964
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: [adult] female
  • Repository: CMNZ
• Type locality: 'Snares Is.'
• ZooBank: A94EF44A-33AF-4280-A392-4DF1F2C150A4

References

• Clark, J.M. & Hawke, D.J. 2012. Ayersacarus, an endemic mite genus from Zealandian seabird nest environments: revision, with four new species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Leptolaelapidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 39(1): 31–45. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2011.619201 . Reference page.  [See p. 37, and figs. 14-19, 35]