Micromegistus sp.

Taxonavigation edit

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: Mesostigmata
Subordo: Trigynaspida
Subordo: Antennophorina
Superfamilia: Parantennuloidea
Familiae (3): Parantennulidae - Philodanidae - Promegistidae

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Parantennuloidea Willmann, 1940

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References edit

  • Kethley, J.B. 1977: An unusual parantennuloid, Philodana johnstoni n.g., n. sp. (Acari: Parasitiformes: Philodanidae, n. fam.) associated with Neatus tenebrioides (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in North America. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 70 (4): 487–494.
  • Kim, C.-M. 2004: Trigynaspida (Acari: Mesostigmata): new diagnosis, classification, and phylogeny. Acarologia, 44: 157–194.
  • Kim, C.-M.; Castagnoli, M. 2010: Parantennulidae: what’s in the family? (Acari: Mesostigmata: Trigynaspida). International journal of acarology, 36 (5): 409–412. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2010.488250
  • Kontschán, J.; Seeman, O. 2011: Afrophilodana africana n. gen, n. sp. (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Kenya: the second species of the family Philodanidae. Zootaxa, 2753: 42–52. Preview

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