Speleorodens ruandae

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: Speleorodens
Species: S. ruandae

Name

Speleorodens ruandae Fain, 1962

• Type locality: in termite mounds, Butare [formerly Astrida] (Rwanda)
• Holotype: MRAC slide no 122262 — ♀

Synonyms

• Speleorodens ruandae, original combination, implicit subsequent combination due to the elevation to full genus rank of Speleorodens
• Paraspeleognathopsis ruandae, subsequent combination advanced by Fain (1963: 14, 38, 75)
• Paraspeleognathopsis (Speleorodens) ruandae, subsequent combination advanced by Fain (1963: 32)

Notes

• Not in the identication key published by (Fain (1970: 515).

References

• Fain, A. 1962. Trois nouveaux Speleognathines (Ereynetidae : Trombidiformes). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines 66(3-4): 363–369.
• Fain, A. 1963. Chaetotaxie et classification des Speleognathinae. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 39(9): 1–80.
• Fain, A. 1970. Notes sur les spéléognathines parasites nasicoles de mammifères (Ereynetidae: Trombidiformes). Acarologia 12(3): 509–521.