Wetapolipus jamiesoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tarsonemoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Eleutherengona Sectio: Heterostigmata Superfamilia: Tarsonemoidea

Familia: Podapolipidae
Genus: Wetapolipus
Species: Wetapolipus jamiesoni

Name

• Wetapolipus jamiesoni Husband & Zhang, 2002
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Gender: unchangeable
  • Original combination(s)/spelling(s): Wetapolipus jamiesoni
  • Original genus: Wetapolipus Husband & Zhang, 2002
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: male
    • Repository: NZAC
  • Type associations: Hemideina maori
  • Type locality: 'Rock and Pillar Range, CO, New Zealand'
  • ZooBank

Primary references

• Husband, R.W.; Zhang, Z.-Q. 2002: Wetapolipus jamiesoni gen. nov., spec. nov. (Acari: Podapolipidae), an ectoparasite of the mountain stone weta, Hemideina maori (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) from New Zealand. Zootaxa, 125: 1-12. Abstract & excerpt reference page  [first availability, see p. 4, and figs. 1-3]

Selected references

• Robb, T.; Forbes, M.R.; Jamieson, I.G. 2004: Engorgement success of parasitic mites on adult sexes of the colour polymorphic mountain stone weta. New Zealand journal of zoology, 31(3): 249-254. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2004.9518377 reference page