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Gretacarus tuberipalpis Smit 1998
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Gretacarus tuberipalpis Smit, 1998
Material examined. Northern Territory. 1/0/0, Umbrawarra Gorge, Umbrawarra Gorge NP, 13º 57.892 S 131º 41.620 E, 1-x-2005; 3/10/0, Lily Pond, Katherine Gorge, Nitmiluk NP, 14º 18.801 S 132º 28.326 E, 3-x-2005.
Remarks. Known from the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Females have a relatively large gonopore, 120–132 long (n = 5), ratio length ventral shield/length gonopore is 3.1-3.5. In G. clodus, another small species, the gonopore is 106–110 long (n = 5), and the ratio length ventral shield/length gonopore is 4.0–4.4.
Notes
Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2016, The water mite genus Gretacarus K. O. Viets, 1978 from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Mideopsidae: Gretacarinae), with the description of three new species, pp. 159-166 in Zootaxa 4121 (2) on page 164, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/266406
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Mideopsidae
- Genus
- Gretacarus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Trombidiformes
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Smit
- Species
- tuberipalpis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Gretacarus tuberipalpis Smit, 1998 sec. Smit, 2016
References
- Smit, H. (1998) New records of the water mite families Anisitsiellidae, Momoniidae and Mideopsidae from Australia, with the description of two new species (Acari: Actinedida). The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, 14, 103 - 108.