Prolixus meyerae

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: Prolixus meyerae

Name

Prolixus meyerae Xu & Zhang, 2014: 2

• Original genus: Prolixus Beard, Fan & Walter, 2005
• Original status: Valid species
• Primary type: Holotype
  • Fixation: Designated
  • Description: [Adult] female
  • Repository: NZAC
• Type host: Gahnia xanthocarpa
• Type locality: 'New Zealand, Auckland, Orewa, Alice Eaves Reserve' [NEW ZEALAND AK]
• ZooBank: 747A0194-A942-4165-99D5-6932EAACF6F9

References

• 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.  [See p. 2, and figs. 1-15; original description (female, male, immatures)]