Whartonacarus

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
Genus: Whartonacarus
Species (6): W. anous – W. dupliseta – W. floridensis – W. nativitatis – W. oceanicus – W. shiraii

[source: Mertins et al. (2009)]

Whartonacarus Vercammen-Grandjean, 1960
- Original status: valid subgenus of Neacariscus
- Type species: Trombicula thompsoni Brennan, 1953 [=Trombicula nativitatis Hoffmann, 1950]

Vercammen-Grandjean, P.H. 1960: Introduction a un essai de classification rationnelle des larves de Trombiculinae Ewing 1944 (Acarina - Trombiculidae). Acarologia, 2: 469–471, plates 1-2. [not seen]

Mertins, J.W.; Hanson, B.A.; Corn, J.L. 2009: Whartonacarus floridensis sp. nov. (Acari: Trombiculidae), with a taxonomic review and the first record of Whartonacarus chiggers in the continental United States. Journal of medical entomology, 46(6): 1260–1268. DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0603

Bishop, D.M.; Heath, A.C.G. 1998: Special issue: parasites of birds in New Zealand - checklist of ectoparasites - Part I: Parasite list by host. Surveillance, 25(5): 15–26. abstract and pdf
Bishop, D.M.; Heath, A.C.G. 1998: Special issue: parasites of birds in New Zealand - checklist of ectoparasites - Part II: Parasite list by parasite. Surveillance, 25(5): 26–31. abstract and pdf
Sirvid, P.J. et al. 2010: [Chapter] SIX Phylum ARTHROPODA CHELICERATA horseshoe crabs, arachnids, sea spiders. pp. 50–89 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3 [86, listed (genus only record)]