Sphaerotarsus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Erythraeoidea

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: Anystina Hypordo: Parasitengona Subcohort: Erythraeina Superfamilia: Erythraeoidea

Familia: Smarididae
Subfamilia: Hirstiosomatinae
Genus: Sphaerotarsus
Species (6): S. allmani – S. claviger – S. leptopilus – S. monticolus – S. ripicolus – S. womersleyi

Name

Sphaerotarsus Womersley, 1936

Gender

masculine

Type species

• Sphaerotarsus allmani Womersley, 1936, by original designation

References

cited sources

• Beron, P. 2008: Acarorum catalogus I. Acariformes: Calyptostomatoidea (Calyptostomatidae), Erythraeoidea (Smarididae, Erythraeidae). Pensoft Publishers and the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
• Womersley, H. 1936: Additions to the trombidiid and erythraeid acarine fauna of Australia and New Zealand. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, zoology, 40: 107–121. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1936.tb01680.x

Additional references

• Southcott, R.V. 1960: Notes on the genus Sphaerotarsus (Acarina: Smarididae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 83: 149–161. PDF
• Southcott, R.V. 1997: Description of two new larval Smarididae (Acarina) from Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum, 30: 1–12.
• Womersley, H.; Southcott, R.V. 1941: Notes on the Smarididae (Acarina) of Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 65: 61–78. PDF

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Australian Faunal Directory

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