Neoliodes nigricans

Neoliodes sp., presumably N. nigricans (alive, length about 1 mm)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoliodoidea

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: Neoliodoidea

Familia: Neoliodidae
Genus: Neoliodes
Species: Neoliodes nigricans

Name

• Neoliodes nigricans (Hammer, 1966)
  • Attributed to Ramsay
  • Primary type: syntypes (3)
    • Fixation: automatic ('Two adults and a nymph', plus "a paratype of L. nigricans")
  • Type locality: 'Keri-Keri falls' ('Two adults and a nymph'), plus unspecified locality of "a paratype of L. nigricans"

Combinations

• Liodes nigricans

References

Primary references

• Hammer, M. 1966: Investigations on the oribatid fauna of New Zealand. Part I. Biologiske skrifter 15(2): 1–108. [Hammer PDF].Reference page.  [see p. 42, and fig. 51]

Additional references

• Green, O.R. 1982: Trip to Sharp Bush track, Waitakere Ranges. January 1982. Weta, 5(2): 51–53. [see p. 51]
• Luxton, M. 1985: Cryptostigmata (Arachnida: Acari) - a concise review. Fauna of New Zealand (7) Extract and PDF Reference page.  [see p. 40, and fig. 64]
• Luxton, M. 1990: The marine littoral mites of the New Zealand region. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 20(4): 367–418. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1990.10426719 Reference page.  [see p. 412]