Capitodiscus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Uropodoidea

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: Monogynaspida Infraordo: Uropodina Superfamilia: Uropodoidea

Familia: Uropodidae
Genus: Capitodiscus
Synonyms (1): Cephalodiscus

Species (2): C. admirandus – C. venustus

Name

• Capitodiscus Vitzthum, 1931 [new replacement name for Cephalodiscus Berlese, 1917]
  • Authority for current placement: Kontschán, 2011: 36 ('I provisionally place the genus in the family Uropodidae ...')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities

References

Primary references

• Vitzthum, H. 1931: Acari in Kükenthal and Krumbach. Handbuch der zoologie, 3(2): 1–160. [not seen]

Additional references

• Kontschán, J. 2011: Resurrection of the genus Capitodiscus Vitzthum, 1931 with description of Capitodiscus admirandus n. sp. from Croatia (Acari: Mesostigmata: Uropodina). Opuscula zoologica, 42(1): 35–41. PDF

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus [no record!]