Leiothyrus holthuisi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Holothyrida
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 Subordo: Holothyrida

Familia: Holothyridae
Genus: Leiothyrus
Species: Leiothyrus holthuisi

Name

• Leiothyrus holthuisi (van der Hammen, 1983)
  • Original combination: Hammenius holthuisi
  • Current combination authority: Lehtinen, 1995: 784 ('comb. nov.')
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: male
    • Repository: RMNH
  • Type locality: 'Hills along lake Paniai, near the mouth of the river Dimija (altitude about 1750 m), Wissel lakes area, former Netherlands New Guinea'
  • Secondary type: paratype
    • Fixation: not designated, but not explicitly excluded from type series
    • Description: 'small nymph'
    • Repository: RMNH

References

• Hammen, L. van der 1983: New notes on Holothyrida (anactinotrichid mites). Zoologische verhandelingen, (207): 1–48. ISSN: 0024-1652
• Lehtinen, P.T. 1995: Revision of the Old World Holothyridae (Arachnida: Anactinotrichida: Holothyrina). Invertebrate taxonomy, 9(4): 767–826. DOI: 10.1071/IT9950767