Speleomys

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: Speleognathinae
Tribe: Paraspeleognathopsini
Genus: Speleomys
Species (2): S. galliardi – S. neotropicalis

Name

Speleomys Fain, 1970

• Original status: valid genus
• Gender: masculine
• Type species: Speleognathopsis galliardi Fain, 1955 by original designation

Notes

• Junior synonym of Paraspeleognathopsis according to Domrow (1975: 97). Synonymy not considered by Fain (1985: 145) in his description of Paraspeleognathopsini.
• The genus Spelaeomys erected by Hooijer (1957) for a giant prehistoric rat is misspelled Speleomys by Geer et al. (2010: plate 21) (false homonymy).

References

• Domrow, R. 1975. A new species of Paraspeleognathopsis Fain (Acari; Ereynetidae) from an Australian dasyurid marsupial. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 14: 97-99.
• Fain, A. 1970. Notes sur les spéléognathines parasites nasicoles de mammifères (Ereynetidae: Trombidiformes). Acarologia 12(3): 509–521.
• Fain, A. 1985. Systematic notes on the Speleognathinae (Acari, Ereynetidae) with description of new taxa and a key to the Trispeleognathini. Bulletin & Annales de la Société royale belge d'Entomologie 121: 143–152.
• Geer, A. van der, Lyras, G., Vos, J. de & Dermitzakis, M. 2010. Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester U.K., 496 pp.
• Hooijer, D.A. 1957. Three new giant prehistoric rats from Flores, Lesser Sunda Islands. Zoologische Mededelingen 35: 299-313