Prolixus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetranychoidea

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: Eleutherengona Sectio: Raphignathae Superfamilia: Tetranychoidea

Familia: Tenuipalpidae
Genus: Prolixus
Species (4): P. corruginus – P. forsteri – P. meyerae – P. splendens

Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based uncritically on Xu & Zhang (2014)

Name

Prolixus Beard, Fan & Walter, 2005: 164

• Original status: Valid genus
• Type species: Prolixus forsteri Beard, Fan & Walter, 2005
  • Fixation: Original designation (p. 164)
• ZooBank: B61B8BCE-EBA3-406D-A584-648CCDCB316C

References

• Beard, J.J., Fan, Q.-H. & Walter, D.E. 2005. A new genus and two new species of Tenuipalpidae (Prostigmata: Tetranychoidea) from an Australian sedge. Acarologia 45(2-3): 161–181. Abstract Reference page.  [See p. 164; original description]
• Xu, Y.; Zhang, Z.-Q. 2014: Prolixus (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) newly recorded from New Zealand: A new species from Cyperaceae and its ontogenetic patterns in chaetotaxy. Zootaxa 3900(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3900.1.1 Reference page. 
• Xu, Y., Zhang, F-P. & Zhang, Z-Q. 2018. Description of a new species of Prolixus (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) from Austroderia splendens (Poaceae) in New Zealand, with discussion of its ontogenetic patterns in chaetotaxy. Pp 158–177 In Zhang, Z-Q., Seeman, O., Fuangarworn, M. & Fan, Q-H. (eds.). Ontogeny and morphological diversity in immature mites (Part I). Zootaxa 1–224. Reference page. Zootaxa 4540(1): 158–177. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4540.1.11 PDF. Reference page.