Ayersacarus gelidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dermanyssoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Parasitiformes Ordo: Mesostigmata Subordo: Dermanyssina Superfamilia: Dermanyssoidea

Familia: Leptolaelapidae
Genus: Ayersacarus
Species: Ayersacarus gelidus

Name

• Ayersacarus gelidus Hunter, 1964
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
  • Original combination(s)/spelling(s): Ayersacarus gelidus
  • Original genus: Ayersacarus Hunter, 1964
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: ANIC
  • Type locality: 'Lambing Gully, Macquarie I.'
  • ZooBank

Primary references

• Hunter, P.E. 1964: Laelaptid mites from Auckland and Macquarie Islands (Acarina: Laelaptidae). Pacific insects monograph, 7(supplement): 630-641. BUGZ reference page  [first availability, see p. 631, and figs. 1-2]

Selected references

• Clark, J.M.; Hawke, D.J. 2012: Ayersacarus, an endemic mite genus from Zealandian seabird nest environments: revision, with four new species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Leptolaelapidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 39(1): 31-45. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2011.619201 reference page 
• Watson, K.C. 1967: The terrestrial Arthropoda of Macquarie Island. ANARE scientific reports series B (I), zoology, (99) BUGZ reference page  [see p. 43]