Dicrotegaeus mirabilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cepheoidea
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: Oribatida Infraordo: Desmonomata Subordo: Brachypylina Superfamilia: Cepheoidea

Familia: Cerocepheidae
Genus: Dicrotegaeus
Species: Dicrotegaeus mirabilis

Name

• Dicrotegaeus mirabilis Luxton, 1988
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Dicrotegaeus Luxton, 1988
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: NZAC, as 'Entomology Division (D.S.I.R.), Auckland, New Zealand'
  • Type locality: 'Totara Reserve, Pohangina Valley, near Palmerston North, Wellington'

References

Primary references

• Luxton, M. 1988. Mites of the family Compactozetidae (Cryptostigmata: Eutegaeoidea) in New Zealand. Zoologischer Anzeiger 221(5–6): 303–313. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 309 and figs. 3A, B; 4A, B]

Additional references

• Subías, L.S. 2004: Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758–2002). Graellsia, 60(número extraordinario): 3–305. abstract and pdf electronic update (Feb. 2011)

Links

• Qin, T.-K.; Henderson, R.C; Crosby, T.K.: Primary type specimens in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC): Acari. Version 1 - June 1997
• ION
• ZooBank