Afroheterozercon gabonensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Heterozerconoidea
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: Parasitiformes Ordo: Mesostigmata Subordo: Sejida Superfamilia: Heterozerconoidea

Familia: Heterozerconidae
Genus: Afroheterozercon
Species: Afroheterozercon gabonensis

Name

• Afroheterozercon gabonensis Klompen, Amin & Gerdeman, 2013: 314, figs. 1E, 2E, 4E, 5E, 8

Holotype: OSAL053942, ♂; 14–20 March 2000, S. M. Goodman, ex Spirostreptida (host in FMNH, AL6508) in mid-level rainforest.

Type locality: Gabon, Mt. Doudou, camp 3, 585–660 m, Aire d’Exploitation Rationelle de Faune des Monts Doudou, 25.2 km NW Doussala, 52.6 km NW Mourindi, -2.2272, 10.3945.

Etymology: Named after the country in which the material was collected.

References

• Klompen, H.; Amin, M.; Gerdeman, B.S. 2013: A revision of the genus Afroheterozercon (Acari: Heterozerconidae). Zootaxa 3626(3): 301–325. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.3.1 Reference page.