Limnesia reptans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lebertioidea

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: Lebertioidea

Familia: Limnesiidae
Genus: Limnesia
Species: Limnesia reptans

Name

• Limnesia reptans Hopkins, 1966
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Original genus: Limnesia Koch, 1835
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: adult male
    • Repository: MONZ Dominion Museum catalogue number DM 4/341 [AA.000113]
  • Type locality: "A boggy spring seepage (helocrene) in the valley of the Mangakotukutuku River, near Paraparaumu (map reference in sheet N. 156 is 567624)"

References

Primary references

• Hopkins, C.L. 1966. A new species of Limnesia (Acari, Hydrachnellae) from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, zoology 8(1): 1–4. BUGZ Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 1, and figs. 1-8]

Additional references

• Sirvid, P.J. et al. 2010: [Chapter] SIX Phylum ARTHROPODA CHELICERATA horseshoe crabs, arachnids, sea spiders. Pp. 50-89 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3 [see p. 85 (listed)]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Limnesia reptans – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Limnesia reptans.
• ION

• ZooBank