Riccardoella tokyoensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea
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: Eupodina Superfamilia: Tydeoidea

Familia: Ereynetidae
Subfamilia: Riccardoellinae
Tribus: Riccardoellini
Genus: Riccardoella
Subgenus: Riccardoella (Proriccardoella)
Species: Riccardoella tokyoensis

Name

Riccardoella tokyoensis Waki & Shimano, 2018

• Type locality: from the lungs of the terrestrial gastropod Tauphaedusa tau (Boettger, 1877) (Clausliidae) collected in a forest city park of Tokyo (Japan).
• Holotype: ♂ - Meguro Parasitological Museum, Tokyo, Japan.

Notes

• The species is described by Waki et al. (2018).
• The ontogeny (from the larva) is described by Waki et al. (2021).

References

• Waki, T., Hiruta, S. & Shimano, S. 2018. A new species of the genus Riccardoella (Acari: Prostigmata: Ereynetidae) from the land snail Tauphaedusa tau (Gastropoda: Clausliidae) in Japan. Zootaxa 4402(1): 163–178. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.8 Reference page. 
• Waki, T., Umeda, K. & Shimano, S. 2021. Natural history study on Riccardoella tokyoensis: life history with ontogeny and host distribution records. Experimental and Applied Acarology 83: 13–30.