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Sessiluncus heterotarsus G. Canestrini 1897

Description

451. Sessiluncus heterotarsus (G. Canestrini, 1897)

Gamasus heterotarsus G. Canestrini, 1897: 473.

Sessiluncus heterotarsus.— G. Canestrini, 1898: 486; Ryke, 1962b: 160; Lee, 1970: 178; Nasr & Afifi, 1986: 18. Gamasellus (Sessiluncus) heterotarsus.— Berlese, 1905a: 168; Vitzthum, 1926: 5.

Type depository. Unknown.

Type locality and habitat. Madang [cited as Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen], Papua New Guinea, from unspecified substrate.

Note. According to Lee (1970), the specimens reported by Domrow (1957) as Sessiluncus heterotarsus are actually Antennolaelaps testudo Lee, 1970.

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 101, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.168445

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References

  • Canestrini, G. (1897) Nuovi Acaroidei della N. Guinea. Termeszetrajzi Fuzetek, 20, 461 - 474.
  • Canestrini, G. (1898) Nuovi Acaroidei della N. Guinea. Termeszetrajzi Fuzetek, 21, 480 - 487.
  • Ryke, P. A. J. (1962 b) The subfamily Rhodacarinae with notes on a new subfamily Ologamasinae (Acarina: Rhodacaridae). Entomologische Berichten, 22, 155 - 162.
  • 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.
  • Nasr, A. K. & Afifi, A. M. (1986) A new species of genus Sesslluncus Canestrini, 1898 from Egypt (Acari - Gamasida: Ologamasidae). Bulletin, Zoological Society of Egypt, 34, 17 - 20.
  • Berlese, A. (1905 a) Acari nuovi. Manipulus IV (Acari di Giava). Redia, 2, 154 - 176, pls. XV - XVII.
  • Vitzthum, H. (1926) Malayische Acari. Treubia, 8, 1 - 198.
  • Domrow, R. (1957) Some Acarina Mesostigmata from the Great Barrier Reef. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 81 (3), 197 - 216.