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Pilellus rykei Hunter 1967

Description

421. Pilellus rykei (Hunter, 1967)

Cyrtolaelaps (Gamasellus) rykei Hunter, 1967b: 34. Gamasellus rykei.— Hunter, 1970: 61.

Pilellus rykei.— Lee, 1970: 170; Lee & Hunter, 1974: 324.

Type depository. British Museum (Natural History), London, England. Type locality and habitat. Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands, 15 March 1964, on Polytrichum alpinum [Polytrichaceae] mat.

Notes

Published as part of Castilho, Raphael C., Silva, Edmilson S., De, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2016, Catalogue of the family Ologamasidae Ryke (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 1-147 in Zootaxa 4197 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.168445

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
1964-03-15
Family
Ologamasidae
Genus
Pilellus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hunter
Species
rykei
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1964-03-15
Taxonomic concept label
Pilellus rykei Hunter, 1967 sec. Castilho, Silva, De & Halliday, 2016

References

  • Hunter, P. E. (1967 b) Rhodacaridae and Parasitidae mites (Acarina: Mesostigmata) collected by the British Antarctic Survey, 1961 - 64. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, 13, 31 - 39.
  • Hunter, P. E. (1970) Acarina: Mesostigmata: Free-living mites of South Georgia and Heard Island. Pacific Insects Monograph, 23, 43 - 70.
  • Lee, D. C. (1970) The Rhodacaridae (Acari: Mesostigmata); classification, external morphology and distribution of genera. Records of the South Australian Museum, 16 (3), 1 - 219.
  • Lee, D. C. & Hunter, P. E. (1974) Arthropoda of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. 6. Rhodacaridae (Acari Mesostigmata). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1, 295 - 328. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 03014223.1974.9517836