Aspidiobates orbiculatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hygrobatoidea

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: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Anystina Hypordo: Parasitengona Superfamilia: Hygrobatoidea

Familia: Hygrobatidae
Genus: Aspidiobates
Species: Aspidiobates orbiculatus

Name

• Aspidiobates orbiculatus Hopkins, 1975
  • Original status: valid species [source: Hopkins (1975: 5)]
  • Primary type: holotype [source: Hopkins (1975: 5)]
    • Fixation: designated [source: Hopkins (1975: 5)]
    • Description: [adult] male [source: Hopkins (1975: 5)]
    • Repository: MONZ AA.000094 [source: Hopkins (1975: 5, as 'New Zealand National Museum')]
  • Type locality: 'A rheocrene in the valley of the Mangakotukutuku River near Paraparaumu, map ref. N156/552608' [source: Hopkins (1975: 7)]
  • Secondary types: allotype, paratypes

References

cited sources

• Hopkins, C.L. 1975: New species of Hygrobatidae and Lebertiidae (Acari: Hydrachnellae) from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 5: 5–11. Google books BUGZ