Caliphis hickmani

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhodacaroidea
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: Rhodacaroidea

Familia: Ologamasidae
Subfamilia: Gamasiphinae
Genus: Caliphis
Species: Caliphis hickmani

Name

• Caliphis hickmani (Womersley, 1956)
  • Original combination: Gamasiphis hickmani
  • Current combination authority: Lee, 1970: 53 ('comb.n.')
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: female
    • Repository: SAMA
  • Type locality: 'Mt. Wellington, Tasmania at 3,000 ft.'
  • Secondary type: allotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: male
    • Repository: SAMA
  • Secondary types: paratypes (3)
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: 3 females
    • Repository: SAMA

References

• MAF Biosecurity New Zealand 2009: Biosecurity magazine, (92) ISSN: 1174-4618 PDF
• Lee, D.C. 1970: The Rhodacaridae (Acari: Mesostigmata); classification, external morphology and distribution of genera. Records of the South Australian Museum, 16(3): 1–219. PDF
• Womersley, H. 1956: On some new Acarina-Mesostigmata from Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, zoology, 42: 505–599. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1956.tb02218.x

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory