Carios quadridentatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ixodoidea
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: Ixodida Superfamilia: Ixodoidea

Familia: Argasidae
Subfamilia: Ornithodorinae
Genus: Carios
Species: Carios quadridentatus

Name

Carios quadridentatus Heath, 2012

• Original genus: Carios Latreille, 1796
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: 'partly engorged larva'
  • Repository: MONZ AA.000202
• Type host: Mystacina tuberculata ('ex adult lesser short-tailed bat')
• Type locality: 'Rangataua State Forest, Ohakune, New Zealand'
• ZooBank: 3EAE3240-EC93-40DA-A23E-08E804135844

References

• Heath, A.C.G. 2012. A new species of soft tick (Ixodoidea: Argasidae) from the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat, Mystacina tuberculata Gray. Tuhinga 23: 29–37. abstract and pdf Reference page.  [See p. 32, and figs. 1-2]