Schizocarpus heideckei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Psoroptoidea
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: Psoroptoidea

Familia: Chirodiscidae
Genus: Schizocarpus
Species: Schizocarpus heideckei

Name

• Schizocarpus heideckei Bochkov & Saveljev, 2012: 9, fig. 5

Holotype: ZISP T-Chir-24, ♂, ex Castor fiber tuvinicus, 9 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev.

Type locality: RUSSIA: Tuva, Todzhinskii District, upstream water of Azas River, 52º25’N, 96º38’E.

Etymology: This species is dedicated to the well known German zoologist Dr. Dietrich Heidecke (1945-2011).

References

• Bochkov, A.V.; Saveljev, A.P. 2012: Fur mites of the genus Schizocarpus Trouessart (Acari: Chirodiscidae) from the Eurasian beaver Castor fiber tuvinicus Lavrov (Rodentia: Castoridae) in the Azas River (Tuva Republic, Russia). Zootaxa 3410: 1–18. Preview PDF Reference page.