Odontacarus lygosomae

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: Leeuwenhoekiidae
Subfamilia: Leeuwenhoekiinae
Genus: Odontacarus
Species: Odontacarus lygosomae

Name

• Odontacarus lygosomae (Dumbleton, 1947)
  • Authority for current placement: it is unclear if this species was placed in Odontacarus because of the (disputed) synonymy of Acomatacarus, or for other reasons
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Combination(s)/spelling(s):
    • Original: Acomatacarus lygosomae
    • Subsequent: current
  • Original genus: Acomatacarus Ewing, 1942
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated (as 'type')
    • Description: larva
    • Repository: NZAC, ex 'Cawthron Institute Collection, Nelson, N.Z.'
  • Type host: Lygosoma grande?
  • Type locality: 'Meek's Hill, Weston, Oamaru, N.Z.'

References

Primary references

• Dumbleton, L.J. 1947. Trombidiidae (Acarina) from the Solomon Islands and New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 76(3): 409–413, plate 34. Online Reference page. 

Additional references

• Audy, J.R. 1957: A checklist of trombiculid mites of the Oriental and Australasian regions. Parasitology, 47 (1-2): 217–294. BUGZ [see p. 283] [as Acomatacarus lygosomae]
• Connolly, J.D.; Cree, A. 2008: Risks of a late start to captive management for conservation: phenotypic differences between wild and captive individuals of a viviparous endangered skink (Oligosoma otagense). Biological conservation, 141 (5): 1283–1292. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.02.026
• Hardy, G.S. 1972: A review of the parasites of New Zealand reptiles. Tuatara, 19: 166–167. [as Acomatacarus lygosomae]
• Hare, K.M.; Hare, J.R.; Cree, A. 2010: Parasites, but not palpation, are associated with pregnancy failure in a captive viviparous lizard. Herpetological conservation and biology, 5 (3): 563–570. PDF
• McKenna, P.B. 2003: An annotated checklist of ecto- and endoparasites of New Zealand reptiles. Surveillance, 30 (3): 18–25. pdf of whole issue [as Acomatacarus lygosomae]
• Reardon, J.T.; Norbury, G. 2004: Ectoparasite and hemoparasite infection in a diverse temperate lizard assemblage at Macraes Flat, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of parasitology, 90 (6): 1274–1278. DOI: 10.1645/GE-3326 JSTOR
• 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 [85, listed in Leeuwenhoekiidae]
• Southcott, R.V. 1986: The genus Odontacarus (Acarina: Trombiculidae). II. Observations on the life history and morphology of Odontacarus swani n. sp., and related forms. Records of the South Australian Museum, 19: 169–200. PDF
• Tocher, M.D. 2009: Life history traits contribute to decline of critically endangered lizards at Macraes Flat, Otago. New Zealand journal of ecology, 33 (2): 125–137. abstract and pdf

unpublished theses/reports

• Vargas, M.L. 2006: Host-Parasite Coevolution in New Zealand: How has Odontacarus, a mite with a free-living stage in its life cycle, coevolved with its skink hosts? UNPUBLISHED M.APP.SCI. THESIS, LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, N.Z. handle

Links

• EoL
• ION [as Acomatacarus lygosomae]
• ION [as Acomatacarus lygoaomae]
• ION
• NZOR (demonstration website) [in Leeuwenhoekidae]
• Qin, T.-K.; Henderson, R.C; Crosby, T.K.: Primary type specimens in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC): Acari. Version 1 - June 1997
• ZooBank