Speleognathopsis wai

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: Speleognathinae
Tribus: Speleochirini
Genus: Speleognathopsis
Species: S. wai

Name

Speleognathopsis wai Fain, Vercammen-Grandjean & Wagner, 1966

• Type locality: nasal cavity of Rhinoptilus africanus (Temminck) (Aves, Glareolidae), Bloemhof (South Africa)
• Holotype: MRAC slide no. 140081 — ♀

Notes

• Holotype examined and species redescribed by Skoracki et al. (2018: 419).

References

• Fain, A., Vercammen-Grandjean, P.H. & Wagner, B. 1966. Un nouveau speleognathe parasite nasicole d'un Charadriiforme Sudafricain. Acta Zoologica et Pathologica Antverpiensia, 41: 115–118.
• Skoracki, M., Schmidt, K-H., Marciniak, N. & Marciniak, M. 2018. A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region. Zootaxa 4403(3): 401–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1 Reference page. 

Links

• MRAC collection
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus