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Kytodites geopeliae Fain & Lukoschus 1979

Description

Kytodites geopeliae Fain & Lukoschus, 1979

Cytodites geopeliae Fain & Lukoschus, 1979b: 23.

Kytodites geopeliae.— Domrow 1992: 1510.

Host and locality in Australia: Geopelia humeralis, Beagle Bay, Western Australia (Fain & Lukoschus 1979b).

Current name of host: Bar-shouldered Dove, Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) (Columbiformes: Columbidae).

Notes

Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cytoditidae
Genus
Kytodites
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fain & Lukoschus
Species
geopeliae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Kytodites geopeliae Fain, 1979 sec. HALLIDAY, 2023

References

  • Lukoschus, F. S. & Lombert, H. A. P. M. (1979) Parasites of Western Australia. VII. Observations on quill wall mites. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 7, 265 - 286.
  • Fain, A. & Lukoschus, F. S. (1979 b) Parasites of Western Australia. II. Nasal mites from birds (Acarina: Rhinonyssidae, Dermanyssidae, Ereynetidae and Cytoditidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, 7, 9 - 27.
  • Domrow, R. (1992) Acari Astigmata (excluding feather mites) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 6, 1459 - 1606. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IT 9921459