Afroheterozercon goodmani

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 goodmani

Name

• Afroheterozercon goodmani Klompen, Amin & Gerdeman, 2013: 316, figs. 1F, 2F, 4F, 5F, 9

Holotype: OSAL102681, ♂; 25 February–3 March 2000, coll. S. M. Goodman, ex Spirostreptida (host at FMNH, label AL6503).

Type locality: Gabon, Ogooué-Maritime, Monts Doudou, camp 1, 110 m, Réserve de la Moukalaba-Douboua, 12.2 km NW Doussala.

Etymology: Named in honor of Dr. Steven Goodman, Field Museum of Natural History, who collected the material from Gabon.

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.