Benoinyssus tuberculatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eupodoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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: Eupodina Superfamilia: Eupodoidea

Familia: Eupodidae
Genus: Benoinyssus
Species: Benoinyssus tuberculatus

Name

Benoinyssus tuberculatus (Baker, 1945)

• Type locality: moss, Desierto de los Leones (Mexico).
• Holotype: USNM 1469, ♀

Synonyms

• Opsereynetes tuberculatus, original combination
• Ereynetes (Opsereynetes) tuberculatus, subsequent combination used by Fain (1964: 106)
• Benoinyssus tuberculatus, subsequent combination used by Hunter (1964: 192) preceeding the transfer from Ereynetidae to Eupodidae repeated by Fain & Camerik (1994: 153)

References

• Baker, E.W. 1945. Five mites of the family Ereynetidae from Mexico. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 35 : 16–19.
• Fain, A. 1964. Les Ereynetidae de la collection Berlese à Florence. Désignation d'une espèce type pour le genre Ereynetes Berlese. Redia 49 : 87–111.
• Fain, A. & Camerik, A.M. 1994. Notes on the mites of the genus Ereynetes Berlese (Acari: Ereynetinae), with description of five new species from South Africa. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, entomologie 64: 145–164. PDF. Reference page. 
• Hunter, P.E. 1964. Five new mites of the subfamily Ereynetinae (Acarina: Ereynetidae). The Florida Entomologist 47: 183–193.