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Rhodacaropsis Willmann 1935

Description

Genus Rhodacaropsis Willmann, 1935

Rhodacaropsis Willmann, 1935: 426 (described in Rhodacaridae Oudemans).

Rhodacarus (Rhodacaropsis).— Loots, 1969a: 56; Loots, 1969c: 182; Loots, 1979: 2.

Rhodacaropsis.— Lee, 1970: 37; Bregetova & Shcherbak, 1977b: 270; Shcherbak, 1980: 32; Luxton, 1992: 237; Karg, 1993: 336.

Type species: Rhodacaropsis inexpectatus Willmann, 1935, 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 43

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Willmann
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Mesostigmata
Family
Rhodacaridae
Genus
Rhodacaropsis
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Rhodacaropsis Willmann, 1935 sec. Castilho, Moraes & Halliday, 2012

References

  • Willmann, C. (1935) Ueber eine eigenartige Milbenfauna im Kustengrundwasser der Kieler Bucht. Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins fur Schleswig - Holstein, 20, 422 - 434.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • Lee, D. C. (1970) Rhodacaridae (Acari: Mesostigmata); classification, external morphology and distribution of genera. Records of the South Australian Museum, 16 (3), 1 - 219.
  • Bregetova, N. G. & Shcherbak, G. I. (1977 b) Family Rhodacaridae Oudemans, 1902. In: Ghilyarov, M. S. & Bregetova, N. G. (eds). Key to the Soil - Inhabiting Mites (Mesostigmata). Nauka, Leningrad. pp. 256 - 307.
  • Shcherbak, G. I. (1980) Kleschi Seme i stva Rhodacaridae Palearktiki. Naukova Dumka, Kiev, 216 pp.
  • Luxton, M. (1992) A new species of Rhodacaropsis (Acari: Mesostigmata) from interstitial coastal sand in Hong Kong. In: Morton, B. (ed.) The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, pp. 237 - 242.
  • Karg, W. (1993) Acari (Acarina), Milben. Parasitiformes (Anactinochaeta). Cohors Gamasina Leach, Raubmilben. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59, 1 - 523.