Acarapis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tarsonemoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Eleutherengona Sectio: Heterostigmata Superfamilia: Tarsonemoidea

Familia: Tarsonemidae
Subfamilia: Acarapinae
Tribus: Acarapini
Genus: Acarapis
Species (4): A. dorsalis – A. externus – A. woodi – ?A. vagans

Name

• Acarapis Hirst, 1921
  • Type species: Tarsonemus woodi Rennie, 1921
    • Fixation: monotypy

References

Primary references

• Hirst, A.S. 1921: On some new or little-known Acari, mostly parasitic in habit. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1921[91(2)]: 357–378. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1921.tb03268.x Reference page.  [378]

Additional references

• Delfinado-Baker, M.; Baker, E.W. 1982: Notes on honey bee mites of the genus Acarapis Hirst (Acari: Tarsonemidae). International journal of acarology, 8(4): 211–226. DOI: 10.1080/01647958208683299 Reference page. 
• Eckert, J.E. 1961: Acarapis mites of the honey bee, Apis mellifera Linnaeus. Journal of insect pathology, 3 (4): 409–425. abstract and pdf