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Afrogamasellus Loots & Ryke 1968

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Genus Afrogamasellus Loots & Ryke, 1968

Afrogamasellus Loots & Ryke, 1968: 2 (described in Rhodacaridae Oudemans).

Afrogamasellus.— Loots, 1969a: 60; Loots, 1969b: 359; Loots, 1969c: 182; Lee, 1970: 30; Hurlbutt, 1974: 568; Karg, 1977: 343; Loots, 1979: 2; Karg, 2003b: 26; Karg & Schorlemmer, 2009: 65.

Afrogamasellus (Afrogamasellus).— Karg & Schorlemmer, 2009: 65.

Type species: Cyrtolaelaps (Gamasellus) franzi Loots & Ryke, 1968, by original designation.

Afrogamasellus (Podalogamasellus) Karg, 1977: 345 (described in Rhodacaridae Oudemans).

Afrogamasellus (Podalogamasellus).— Karg, 2003b: 26; Karg & Schorlemmer, 2009: 65.

Type species: Gamasellus tetrastigma Berlese, 1916a, by original designation.

Afrogamasellus (Jugulogamasellus) Karg, 1977: 345 (described in Rhodacaridae Oudemans) [objective junior synonym of Afrogamasellus (Afrogamasellus)].

Type species: Cyrtolaelaps (Gamasellus) franzi Loots & Ryke, 1968, by original designation.

Karg (1977) designated as the type of Afrogamasellus (Jugulogamasellus) the species designated by Loots & Ryke (1968) as the type of Afrogamasellus, which makes that subgenus an objective junior synonym of Afrogamasellus (Afrogamasellus).

Notes

Published as part of Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2012, 3471, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 3471 on page 26

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Loots & Ryke
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Mesostigmata
Family
Rhodacaridae
Genus
Afrogamasellus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Afrogamasellus Loots, 1968 sec. Castilho, Moraes & Halliday, 2012

References

  • Loots, G. C. & Ryke, P. A. J. (1968) Two new genera of rhodacarid mites (Mesostigmata: Acari) from soils in the Ethiopian Region. Wetenskaplike Bydraes van die P. U. vir C. H. O., Reeks B: Natuurwetenskappe, 1, 1 - 16.
  • Loots, G. C. (1969 a) Notes on Rhodacarus Oudemans and its related genera with descriptions of new species from the Ethiopian region. Publicacoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 81, 45 - 82.
  • Loots, G. C. (1969 b) The tetrastigma species group of the genus Afrogamasellus (Acari: Rhodacaridae) from Central Africa. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 79, 359 - 385.
  • Loots, G. C. (1969 c) An evolution of the generic characters used in the classification of the Ethiopian Rhodacaridae. In: Evans, G. O. (Ed) Proceedings of the 2 nd International Congress of Acarology, Akademiai Kiado: Budapest, pp. 175 - 185.
  • Lee, D. C. (1970) Rhodacaridae (Acari: Mesostigmata); classification, external morphology and distribution of genera. Records of the South Australian Museum, 16 (3), 1 - 219.
  • 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.
  • Loots, G. C. (1979) The distribution of the Family Rhodacaridae (Mesostigmata) in the Afrotropical Region. Wetenskaplike Bydraes van die P. U. vir C. H. O., Reeks B: Natuurwetenskappe, 102, 1 - 6.
  • 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.
  • Berlese, A. (1916 a) Centuria seconda di Acari nuovi. Redia, 12, 125 - 177.