Guntheria apteryxi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trombiculoidea

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: Trombiculoidea

Familia: Trombiculidae
Genus: Guntheria
Subgenus: Derrickiella
Species: Guntheria apteryxi

Name

• Guntheria apteryxi Loomis & Goff, 1983
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Combination(s)/spelling(s):
    • Original: Guntheria apteryxi
    • Subsequent: nil
  • Original genus: Guntheria Womersley, 1939
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: larva
    • Repository: MONZ, as 'National Museum of New Zealand, Wellington' [AA.000011]
  • Type host: Apteryx mantelli, as Apteryx australis mantelli
  • Type locality: 'NEW ZEALAND: North Island, Taranaki, Tangarakau'

References

Primary references

• Loomis, R.B.; Goff, M.L. 1983: A new species of Guntheria (Acari: Trombiculidae) from New Zealand. Journal of medical entomology 20(1): 87-89. DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/20.1.87 . BUGZ. [first availability, see p. 87 and fig. 1]

Additional references

• Heath, A.C.G. 2010. A review of ectoparasites of Apteryx spp. (kiwi) in New Zealand, with new host records, and the biology of Ixodes anatis (Acari: Ixodidae). Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 21: 147–151. Online. Reference page. 
• Sirvid, P.J. et al. 2010: [Chapter] SIX Phylum ARTHROPODA CHELICERATA horseshoe crabs, arachnids, sea spiders. Pp. 50-89 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3 [86, listed]

Links

• ION
• NZOR (demonstration website) [incorrectly cited as 'Guntheria (Derrickiella) apteryxi (Loomis & Goff, 1983)']
• ZooBank