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Afrodacarellus Hurlbutt 1974

Description

Genus Afrodacarellus Hurlbutt, 1974

Afrodacarellus Hurlbutt, 1974: 589 (described in Rhodacaridae Oudemans).

Type species: Afrodacarellus femoratus Hurlbutt, 1974, by original designation.

Afrogamasellus (Foliogamasellus) Karg, 1977: 345 (described in Rhodacaridae Oudemans). New synonymy. Afrogamasellus (Foliogamasellus).— Karg, 2003b: 26; Karg & Schorlemmer, 2009: 65.

Type species: Afrogamasellus camaxiloensis Loots, 1969, by original designation.

Afrogamasellus (Latogamasellus) Karg, 1977: 345 (described in Rhodacaridae Oudemans). New synonymy. Afrogamasellus (Latogamasellus).— Karg, 2003b: 26; Karg & Schorlemmer, 2009: 65.

Latogamasellus.— Antony, 1986: 126.

Type species: Afrogamasellus squamosus Karg, 1977, by original designation.

Notes

Published as part of Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2012, 3471, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 3471 on page 20

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hurlbutt
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Mesostigmata
Family
Rhodacaridae
Genus
Afrodacarellus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Afrodacarellus Hurlbutt, 1974 sec. Castilho, Moraes & Halliday, 2012

References

  • Hurlbutt, H. W. (1974) The Afrogamasellus Loots & Ryke and Afrodacarellus n. gen. (Acarina: Rhodacaridae) of Tanzania. Acarologia, 15, 565 - 615.
  • Karg, W. (1977) Zur Kenntnis einiger Milbengattungen der Rhodacaridae Oudemans, 1902 (Acarina, Parasitiformes). Teil 1. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Oekologie und Geographie der Tiere, 104, 327 - 351.
  • Karg, W. (2003 b) Die Raubmilbengattungen Afrogamasellus Loots et Ryke und Oloopticus Karg mit zwei neuen Arten - Ein Beitrag zur Evolution der Bodenmilben (Acarina, Gamasina). Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Gorlitz, 75, 23 - 33.
  • Karg, W. & Schorlemmer, A. (2009) New insights into predatory mites (Acarina, Gamasina) from tropical rain forests with special reference to distribution and taxonomy. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 85 (1), 57 - 91.
  • Antony, L. M. M. K. d'A. (1986) A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata). PhD thesis, Ohio State University, Columbus. x + 262 pp.