Xenopacarus kivuensis

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: Lawrencarinae
Genus: Xenopacarus
Species: Xenopacarus kivuensis

Name

Xenopacarus kivuensis Fain & Tinsley, 1993

• Type locality: nasal cavity of Xenopus sp. (fraseri group) (Anura, Pipidae), Ebisha, about 8 km from the Research Station at Irangi (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Holotype: BMNH — ♀

References

• Fain, A. & Tinsley, R.C. 1993. A new Xenopacarus (Acari, Ereynetidae) from the nasal cavities of Xenopus sp. (fraseri group), with a discussion on the evolution host-parasite. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines 107: 513–517.

Links

• ION
• [http://www.ubio.org/NZ/search.php?search=Xenopacarus&selectall=Check+All&colname=on&colcategory=on&colauthority=on&