Locustacarus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tarsonemoidea

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: Eleutherengona Sectio: Heterostigmata Superfamilia: Tarsonemoidea

Familia: Podapolipidae
Genus: Locustacarus
Species (3): L. buchneri – L. masoni – L. trachealis

Name

• Locustacarus Ewing, 1924
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Synonyms

• Bombacarus

References

Primary references

• Ewing, H.E. 1924. New tarsonemid mites (Order Acarina, family Tarsonemidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 26(3): 66–69. BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 67]

Additional references

• Husband, R.W. & Sinha, R.N. 1970. A revision of the genus Locustacarus with a key to genera of the family Podapolipidae (Acarina). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63(4): 1152–1162. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/63.4.1152 Reference page. 

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Australian Faunal Directory