Brephosceles

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Analgoidea
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: Analgoidea

Familia: Alloptidae
Subfamilia: Alloptinae
Genus: Brephosceles
Species: B. constrictus – B. disjunctus – B. lunatus – B. puffini
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Name

Brephosceles Hull, 1934

References

• Bishop, D.M.; Heath, A.C.G. 1998: Checklist of ectoparasites of birds in New Zealand. Surveillance, 25(special issue): 13–31. PDF (part)
• Hull, J. 1934. Concerning British Analgidae (Feather-mites). Transactions of the Northern Naturalists Union, 1: 200–206.
• Mironov, S.V.; Galloway, T.D. 2002: New feather mite taxa (Acari: Analgoidea) and mites collected from native and introduced birds of New Zealand. Acarologia, 42: 185–201.
• Peterson, P.C. 1971: A revision of the feather mite genus Brephosceles (Proctophyllodidae: Alloptinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, 9: 89–172. [not seen]

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Australian Faunal Directory