Oribotritia contortula

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: Oribotritiidae
Genus: Oribotritia
Species: Oribotritia contortula

Name

• Oribotritia contortula Niedbała, 1993
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Original genus: Oribotritia Jacot, 1924
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult]
    • Repository: NZAC [missing?]
  • Type locality: '16.8 miles (27 km) north of Lake Paringa Picnic Ground ... Altitude near sea level'
  • ZooBank: 5CEAB330-699E-4AA5-8ED7-90A340F5395E

References

Primary 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.  [first availability, see p. 137, and figs. 1-10]

Additional references

• 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. 324]
• Niedbała, W. 2006: Supplement to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Australian Region. Annales zoologici 56(Supplement 1): 99–156. abstract Reference page. 
• 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. 

Selected 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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