Vatacarus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trombiculoidea

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: Trombidiina Superfamilia: Trombiculoidea

Familia: Trombiculidae
Subfamilia: Trombiculinae
Tribe: Trombiculini
Genus: Vatacarus
Species: V. ipoides – V. kuntzi

Name

Vatacarus Southcott, 1957. Type species: Vatacarus ipoides Southcott, 1957, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Southcott, R.V. 1957: On Vatacarus ipoides n. gen., n. sp. (Acarina: Trombidioidea) a new respiratory endoparasite from a pacific sea-snake. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 80: 165–176. PDF BUGZ
• Vercammen-Grandjean, P.H. 1965: Iguanacarus, a new subgenus of chigger mites from nasal fossae of the marine iguana in the Galapagos Islands, with a revision of the genus Vatacarus Southcott (Acarina, Trombiculidae). Acarologia, 7(supplement): 266–274.

Additional references

• Nielsen, D.H., Robbins, R.G., Ruedo, L.M. 2021: Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758–2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution. Zootaxa, 4967: 1–243. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4967.1.1.