Thyreophagus australis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acaroidea

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: Oribatida Infraordo: Desmonomata Cohort: Astigmata Subordo: Acaridia Superfamilia: Acaroidea

Familia: Acaridae
Subfamilia: Rhizoglyphinae
Tribus: Thyreophagini
Genus: Thyreophagus
Species: Thyreophagus australis

Name

Thyreophagus australis Clark, 2009

• Identifiers: ZooBank

Type data

• Holotype: CMNZ
  • Type kind: female
  • Type locality: carpark at end of Flynn's Road, Sharplin Falls Scenic Reserve (NZMS 260 K36 298824), 460 m, Alford Forest, Staveley, New Zealand MC
  • Type host: Nothofagus solandri, on bark collected at breast height, northern side
  • Paratypes (many females, homeomorphic males, hypopi, larvae and protonymph): CMNZ, NZAC, UMMZ

Primary references

• Clark, J.M. 2009. A new Thyreophagus mite from honeydew scale insects on black beech (Nothofagus). Records of the Canterbury Museum 23: 1–9. pdf of whole volume Reference page.