Afroheterozercon spirostreptus

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 spirostreptus

Name

• Afroheterozercon spirostreptus (Fain, 1988: 237)

Paratypes: IRSNB, ♂♂, ♀♀; 25 March 1964, coll. A. Fain, ex Spirostreptus cornutus.

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Central, Mayumbe forest, Chiloango, Madiakoko.

Mentions

• Heterozercon spirostreptus Fain, 1988: 237.
• Afroheterozercon spirostreptus Fain, 1989: 153
• Afroheterozercon spirostreptus Klompen, Amin & Gerdeman, 2013: 313, Figs 1D, 2D, 4D, 5D

References

• Fain, A. 1988: Notes on mites associated with Myriapoda. III. Two new species of the genus Heterozercon Berlese, 1888 (Acari, Mesostigmata) from Afrotropical Myriapods. Bulletin et Annales de la Société royale belge d'Entomologie, 124: 237–242.

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• Fain, A. 1989: Notes on mites associated with Myriapoda. IV. New taxa in the Heterozerconidae (Acari, Mesostigmata). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie, 59: 145–156.
• 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.