Eremulus spindleformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amerobelboidea

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: Oribatida Infraordo: Desmonomata Subordo: Brachypylina Infraordo: Pycnonoticae Superfamilia: Amerobelboidea

Familia: Eremulidae
Genus: Eremulus
Species: Eremulus spindleformis

Name

• Eremulus spindleformis Ermilov & Hugo-Coetzee, 2012: 560, figs 1–3

Holotype: NMBA 1888.12.1, ♀.

Type locality: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-­Natal: Ladysmith District, 28°28'S 29°51'E, in humid soil and decomposed plant material under indigenous trees, 27.i.1982, C.M. Engelbrecht.

Etymology: Named in reference to the spindle-form sensilli.

References

• Ermilov, S.G. & Hugo-Coetzee, E.A. 2012. Oribatid mites of the genus Eremulus Berlese, 1908 (Acari: Oribatida: Eremulidae) from South Africa. African Invertebrates 53 (2): 559–569. [1]