Mumulaelaps ammochostos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dermanyssoidea
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: Parasitiformes Ordo: Mesostigmata Subordo: Dermanyssina Superfamilia: Dermanyssoidea

Familia: Laelapidae
Genus: Mumulaelaps
Species: Mumulaelaps ammochostos

Name

Mumulaelaps ammochostos Clark, 2012: 193

• Original genus: Mumulaelaps Clark, 2012
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: [adult] female
  • Repository: CMNZ
• Type host: Pericoptus truncatus, 'late instar larvae'
• Type locality: 'Southshore, Christchurch (South Island, New Zealand), at or within a few hundred metres of 43° 33.668' S, 172° 42.986' E' [NEW ZEALAND MC]
• ZooBank: E321D587-CD96-4274-9BA9-7B00396641F7

References

• Clark, J.M. & Hawke, D.J. 2012. A new epizoic laelapid mite from the New Zealand sand scarab Pericoptus truncatus larvae and its isotopic ecology. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 39(3): 187–199. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2011.628997 Reference page.  [See p. 193, and figs. 1-18]