Riccardoella limacum

Riccardoella limacum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea
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: Eupodina Superfamilia: Tydeoidea

Familia: Ereynetidae
Subfamilia: Riccardoellinae
Tribus: Riccardoellini
Genus: Riccardoella
Subgenus: Riccardoella (Riccardoella)
Species: Riccardoella limacum

Name

Riccardoella limacum (Schrank, 1776)

• Type locality: on Helix pomatia - ?
• Holotype: -

Synonyms

Objective synonyms

• Acarus limacum, original combination
• Ereynetes limacum, subsequent combination used by Berlese (1883)
• Erynetes limacum, subsequent combination used by Banks (1905: 14)
• Micrereunetes (Riccardoella) limacum, subsequent combination used by Berlese (1923)
• Riccardoella (Riccardoella) limacum, subsequent combination used by Fain & Van Goethem (1986)

Subjective synonyms

• Acarus helicis Schrank, 1803

Notes

• Schrank (1776) used, for the first time, the binomial nomenclature (Acarus Limacum, p. 13) and gave an illustration (plate I, Fig. 20).
• The binomen, Acarus limacum, is used again by Schrank (1781: 521).
• Species redescribed by Karbarz-Wiktorowicz (1973), Fain & Van Goethem (1986)...

References

Primary references

• Banks, N. 1905. A treatise on the Acarina, or mites. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28: 1-114.
• Berlese, A. 1883. Acari, Myriapoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta. Patavii, Fasc. V (1 et 2) Tav. 21-22.
• Berlese, A. 1923. Centuria sesta di Acari nuovi.I. Prostigmata. Redia 15: 242–246.
• Karbarz-Wiktorowicz, H., 1973. Observations sur la morphologie de Riccardoella limacum (Schrank) (Acari : Ereynetidae). Bull. Entom. Pologne 43: 767–788 (Polonais, avec résumé en Français).
• Fain, A. & Van Goethem, J.L. 1986, Les acariens du genre Riccardoella Berlese, 1923 parasites du poumon de mollusques gastéropodes pulmonés terrestres. Acarologia 27: 125–140.
• Schrank, F. von P. 1776. Beyträge zur Naturgeschichte. Augsburg, Beith. 140 p., pls 1-7.
• Schrank, F. von P. 1781. Enumeratio insectorum Austriae indigenorum. Augustae Vindelicorum.
• Schrank, F. von P., 1803. Acarus helicis Schr. Fauna Boica 31: 209.

Additional references

• Barker, G.M.; Ramsay, G.W. 1978: The slug mite Riccardoella limacum (Acari: Ereynetidae) in New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 6(4): 441–443. PDF
• Sirvid, P.J. et al. 2010: [Chapter] SIX Phylum ARTHROPODA CHELICERATA horseshoe crabs, arachnids, sea spiders. Pp. 50-89 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3