Murichirus anabiotus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Psoroptoidea
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: Sarcoptiformes Subordo: Psoroptidia Superfamilia: Psoroptoidea

Familia: Atopomelidae
Genus: Murichirus
Species: Murichirus anabiotus

Name

Murichirus anabiotus Domrow, 1992

Type data

• Holotype: QM. Male
  • Type locality: Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia
  • Type host: Pseudocheirus peregrinus (contamination?)
  • Paratypes (allotype female, 2 other females, 1 male): QM

References

• Clark, J.M. 1993: Towards better pelts from possums; mite fauna of Trichosurus vulpecula. New Zealand entomologist, 16: 84–90. PDF
• Clark, J.M.; Heath, D.D.; Stankiewicz, M. 1997: The ectoparasites of brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula in New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 24: 199–204. Abstract
• Domrow, R. 1992: Acari Astigmata (excluding feather mites) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate taxonomy, 6: 1459–1606. DOI: 10.1071/IT9921459
• Tenquist, J.D.; Charleston, W.A.G. 2001: A revision of the annotated checklist of ectoparasites of terrestrial mammals in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 31(3): 481-542. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2001.9517666 Reference page.