Terpnacarus piliger

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Endeostigmata
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: Sarcoptiformes Subordo: Endeostigmata

Familia: Terpnacaridae
Genus: Terpnacarus
Species: Terpnacarus piliger

Name

• Terpnacarus piliger
  • Authority for current placement: Theron, 1976: 131 ('A recent examination of the type specimen of Hybalicus piliger at the Berlese collection in Florence revealed that this species belongs, without doubt, to Terpnacarus. Although the specimen is partly damaged the characteristics of the palpal tarsus, legs and prodorsum are typically those of the genus Terpnacarus')
  • Original combination: Hybalicus piliger

References

Additional references

• Theron, P.D. 1976: New species of the genus Terpnacarus Grandjean (Acari: Terpnacaridae) with notes on the biology of one species. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 39(1): 131–141. whole issue on Sabinet