Eutrombidium townsendi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trombidioidea

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: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Anystina Hypordo: Parasitengona Subcohort: Trombidiina Superfamilia: Trombidioidea

Familia: Eutrombidiidae
Subfamilia: Eutrombidiinae
Tribus: Eutrombidiini
Genus: Eutrombidium
Species: Eutrombidium townsendi

Name

Eutrombidium townsendi (Dumbleton, 1962)

Synonyms

• Ettmulleria townsendi Dumbleton, 1962
  • Eutrombidium townsendi (Dumbleton, 1962)

Type data

• Holotype: NZAC [missing?]
  • Type kind: larva
  • Type locality: in a limestone cave, United Creek, Roding River, Nelson, New Zealand NN
  • Type host: indet. Rhaphidophoridae (Macropathinae are the only subfamily present in New Zealand)
  • Paratypes (4 larvae): NZAC

References

• Dumbleton, L.J. 1962: A new parasitic mite (Acarina: Trombidiidae) on Orthoptera. New Zealand journal of science, 5: 8–12. BUGZ
• Southcott, R.V. 1993: Revision of the taxonomy of the larvae of the subfamily Eutrombidiinae (Acarina: Microtrombidiidae). Invertebrate taxonomy, 7: 885–959. DOI: 10.1071/IT9930885
• Welbourn, W.C. 1983: Potential use of trombidioid and erythraeoid mites as biological control agents of insect pests. Pp. 103-140 in Hoy, M.A.; Cunningham, G.L.; Knutson, L. (eds.) Biological Control of Pests by Mites. Special Publication, (3304). Agricultural Experiment Station, Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of California: Berkeley.

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