Pontiolaelaps salinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhodacaroidea
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: Dermanyssina Superfamilia: Rhodacaroidea

Familia: Digamasellidae
Subfamilia: Dendrolaelapinae
Genus: Pontiolaelaps
Species: Pontiolaelaps salinus

Name

• Pontiolaelaps salinus Luxton, 1989
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
  • Original combination(s)/spelling(s): Pontiolaelaps salinus
  • Original genus: Pontiolaelaps Luxton, 1989
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: AMNZ AMNZ21854
  • Type locality: 'From the alga Bostrychia sp., below Marine Biology Laboratory, Portobello, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand'
  • ZooBank: 67410523-F6B8-4F28-8662-9D2265647275

References

Primary references

• Luxton, M. 1989: New taxa of intertidal mites (Acari). Journal of natural history 23(2): 407–428. DOI: 10.1080/00222938900770251 . Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 413, and figs. 6 A, B, C]

Additional references

• Luxton, M. 1990: The marine littoral mites of the New Zealand region. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 20(4): 367–418. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1990.10426719 Reference page.  [see p. 388]