Pollux

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Erythraeoidea

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: Erythraeina Superfamilia: Erythraeoidea

Familia: Erythraeidae
Subfamilia: Balaustiinae
Genus: Pollux
Species (3): P. cristatus – P. kovalamicus – P. workandae

Name

Pollux Southcott, 1961

Gender

masculine

Type species

• Pollux workandae Southcott, 1961, by original designation

References

Primary references

• Southcott, R.V. 1961: Studies on the systematics and biology of the Erythraeoidea (Acarina), with a critical revision of the genera and subfamilies. Australian journal of zoology, 9 (3): 367–610. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9610367 [first availability, see p. 558]

Additional references

• Beron, P. 2008: Acarorum catalogus I. Acariformes: Calyptostomatoidea (Calyptostomatidae), Erythraeoidea (Smarididae, Erythraeidae). Pensoft Publishers and the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
• Haitlinger, R. 2002: Pollux kovalamicus sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Erythraeidae) from India. Systematic and applied acarology, 7: 173–175. Abstract
• Saboori, A., Taemoori, G.H. & Hakimitabar, M. 2016. Revision of the genus Pollux (Acari: Erythraeidae) and redescription of P. kovalamicus. Zootaxa 4117(1): 115–124. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.1.6. Reference page. 

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Australian Faunal Directory