Opilioacarus aenigmus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Opilioacarida
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 Ordo: Opilioacarida

Familia: Opilioacaridae
Genus: Opilioacarus
Species: †Opilioacarus aenigmus

Name

Opilioacarus aenigmus Dunlop, Sempf & Wunderlich, 2010

• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: unique
  • Description:
  • Repository: 'Wunderlich collection no. F1882/BB/AC/CJW'
• Type locality: 'Baltic amber, exact locality not recorded, but probably from the vicinity of Kaliningrad, Baltic coast of Russia. Palaeogene (Eocene)'

References

• Dunlop, J.A., Sempf, C. & Wunderlich, J. 2010. A new opilioacarid mite in Baltic amber. pp. 59–70 in: Nentwig, W.; Schmidt-Entling, M. & Kropf, C. (eds.) European Arachnology 2008 Reference page. 

Links

• Dunlop, J.A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2011. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In: Platnick, N.I. (ed.) The world spider catalog, version 11.5 American Museum of Natural History [last updated 10.12.2010]