Microtritia contraria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euphthiracaroidea

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 Subordo: Mixonomata Infraordo: Euptyctima Superfamilia: Euphthiracaroidea

Familia: Euphthiracaridae
Genus: Microtritia
Species: Microtritia contraria

Name

Microtritia contraria Niedbała, 1993: 144

• Original genus: Microtritia Märkel, 1964
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: adult
  • Repository: NZAC [general statement, see p. 137]
• Type locality: '1.4 miles (2.3 km) west of Mangarakau, near Whanganui Inlet'
• ZooBank: 0D1CBE4C-60BB-407F-B93D-25EF8FFD1D8B

References

• Niedbała, W. 1993: New species of Euptyctima (Acari, Oribatida) from New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology 20(3): 137–159. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1993.10422856 Reference page.  [See p. 144, and figs. 35-39]
• Niedbała, W. 2000: The ptyctimous mites fauna of the Oriental and Australian regions and their centres of origin (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, supplement (10) Reference page.  [See p. 350]
• Niedbała, W. & Colloff, M.J. 1997. Euptyctime oribatid mites from Tasmanian rainforest (Acari: Oribatida). Journal of Natural History 31(4): 489–538. DOI: 10.1080/00222939700770261 Reference page. 

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

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