Platyseius mackerrasae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ascoidea

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: Parasitiformes Ordo: Mesostigmata Subordo: Monogynaspida Infraordo: Gamasina Hypordo: Dermanyssiae Superfamilia: Ascoidea

Familia: Ascidae
Genus: Platyseius
Species: Platyseius mackerrasae

Name

• Platyseius mackerrasae Womersley, 1956
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: syntypes (6)
    • Fixation:
    • Description: 6 females
    • Repository:
    • NOTE: Halliday, Walter & Lindquist (1998: 20) refer to a "holotype" from Sandgate in SAMA
  • Type locality: 'Sandgate, near Brisbane, Queensland' (5) and 'Brisbane' (1)
  • Type host: 'on a Tipulid fly'
  • Combination: Sejus mackerrasae: Evans & Hyatt, 1960: 91
  • Combination: Cheiroseius mackerrasae: Karg, 1981: 61

References

• Evans, G.O.; Hyatt, K.H. 1960: A revision of the Platyseiinae (Mesostigmata: Aceosejidae) based on material in the collections of the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology, 6: 27–101. [not seen]
• Halliday, R.B.; Walter, D.E.; Lindquist, E.E. 1998: Revision of the Australian Ascidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Invertebrate taxonomy, 12: 1–54. DOI: 10.1071/IT96029
• Karg, W. 1981: Die Raubmilbengattung Cheiroseius Berlese, 1916. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 108: 51–69. [not seen]
• Manson, D.C.M. 1959: Insects and mites associated with ryegrass. New Zealand journal of agricultural research, 2: 169–173. Google books
• Sirvid, P.J. et al. 2010: [Chapter] SIX Phylum ARTHROPODA CHELICERATA horseshoe crabs, arachnids, sea spiders. Pp. 50-89 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
• Spain, A.V.; Luxton, M. 1971: Catalog and bibliography of the Acari of the New Zealand subregion. Pacific insects monograph, 25: 179–226. PDF
• Womersley, H. 1956: On some new Acarina-Mesostigmata from Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, zoology, 42: 505–599. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1956.tb02218.x