Apexolichus affinis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pterolichoidea
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: Pterolichoidea

Familia: Pterolichidae
Subfamilia: Pterolichinae
Genus: Apexolichus
Species: Apexolichus affinis

Name

Apexolichus affinis (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884)

Synonyms

• Pterolichus (Protolichus) affinis Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884
  • Apexolichus affinis (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884) Gaud & Atyeo, 1996: 117
• Protolichus distensis Favette & Trouessart, 1904 [Dabert, Mironov & Ehrnsberger, 2008: 51 (syn. nov.)]
  • Apexolichus distensis (Favette & Trouessart, 1904) Gaud & Atyeo, 1996: 117

Type data

• affinis Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884: Lectotype, designated by Dabert, Mironov & Ehrnsberger (2008: 51): TRT 34G2
  • Type kind: male
  • Type locality: Australia
  • Type host: Platycercus elegans
  • Paralectotypes (10 females): TRT
• distensis Favette & Trouessart: type series lost
  • Type locality: SA and TAS, Australia
  • Type host: Platycercus eximius

References

• Dabert, J.; Mironov, S.V.; Ehrnsberger, R. 2008: Systematic revision of the feather mite genera Apexolichus Gaud et Atyeo and Titanolichus Gaud et Atyeo (Astigmata, Pterolichidae), parasites of parrots of the Old World (Psittaciformes, Psittacidae). Acta parasitologica, 53: 46–80. DOI: 10.2478/s11686-008-0007-x
• Gaud, J.; Atyeo, W.T. 1996: Feather mites of the World (Acarina, Astigmata): the supraspecific taxa. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika Tervuren Belgie Annalen Zoologische Wetenschappen, (277 )