Oribotritia contraria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euphthiracaroidea

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 Subordo: Mixonomata Infraordo: Euptyctima Superfamilia: Euphthiracaroidea

Familia: Oribotritiidae
Genus: Oribotritia
Species: Oribotritia contraria

Name

• Oribotritia contraria Niedbała, 1993
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Original genus: Oribotritia Jacot, 1924
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult]
    • Repository: NZAC [missing?]
  • Type locality: 'near Whanganui Inlet, 2.0 miles (3.2 km) west of Mangarakau'
  • ZooBank: 2C296BC1-22FC-42EA-ABAE-FD3A3EE5F631

References

Primary references

• Niedbała, W. 1993: New species of Euptyctima (Acari, Oribatida) from New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology 20(3): 137–159. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1993.10422856 Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 140, and figs. 11-19]

Additional references

• Liu, D.; Zhang, Z.-Q. 2013: New Zealand species of Oribotritia (Acari: Oribatida: Oribotritiidae): descriptions of two new species and a key to eight species. Systematic & applied acarology 18(2): 153–162. DOI: 10.11158/saa.18.2.8 Reference page.  [see p. 158, and Figs. 16-22]
• Niedbała, W. 2000: The ptyctimous mites fauna of the Oriental and Australian regions and their centres of origin (Acari: Oribatida). Genus, supplement (10) Reference page.  [see p. 327]
• Niedbała, W. 2006: Supplement to the knowledge of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Australian Region. Annales zoologici 56(Supplement 1): 99–156. abstract Reference page. 
• Niedbała, W. 2012: An updated study of ptyctimous mite fauna (Acari: Oribatida) of the Australasian Region with a description of thirteen new species. Acarologia 52(2): 183–228. DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122049 . Reference page.  [see p. 118, and fig. 2A]

Selected links

• Qin, T.-K.; Henderson, R.C; Crosby, T.K.: Primary type specimens in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC): Acari. Version 1 - June 1997

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