Petrogalochirus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Psoroptoidea
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: Sarcoptiformes Subordo: Psoroptidia Superfamilia: Psoroptoidea

Familia: Atopomelidae
Genus: Petrogalochirus
Species: P. dycei – P. macropus – P. tasmaniensis

Name

Petrogalochirus Fain, 1970

Gender

masculine

Type species

• Petrogalochirus tasmaniensis Fain, 1970, by original designation

References

• Clark, J.M. 1993: Towards better pelts from possums; mite fauna of Trichosurus vulpecula. New Zealand entomologist, 16: 84–90. PDF
• Clark, J.M. 2004: Studies on the marsupial fur mite Petrogalochirus Fain (Acarina: Astigmata: Listrophoridae) in New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 18 : 45–48. ISSN: 0370-3878
• Clark, J.M.; Heath, D.D.; Stankiewicz, M. 1997: The ectoparasites of brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula in New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 24: 199–204. Abstract
• Domrow, R. 1992: Acari Astigmata (excluding feather mites) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate taxonomy, 6: 1459–1606. DOI: 10.1071/IT9921459
• Fain, A. 1970: Diagnoses de nouveaux listrophorides de la famille Atopomelidae (Acarina : Sarcoptiformes). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale d'Entomologie de Belgique, 106: 275–306.

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Australian Faunal Directory