Phauloppia banksi

Phauloppia banksi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Oribatida
Family:	Oribatulidae
Genus:	Phauloppia
Species:	P. banksi
Binomial name
	Phauloppia banksi; Marshall, Reeves & Norton, 1987

Phauloppia banksi is a species of mite in the family Oribatulidae. Found in the United States, it was described as new to science in 1987.[1] A study conducted in New York that showed that the mite is one of several that takes shelter in the thallus of the common North American lichen Punctelia rudecta.[2]

References

Marshall, V.G.; Reeves, R.M.; Norton, R.A. (1987). Catalogue of the Oribatida (Acari) of continental United States and Canada. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. Vol. 139. pp. 1–418.
Root, Heather T.; McGee, Gregory G.; Norton, Roy A. (2007). "Arboreal mite communities on epiphytic lichens of the Adirondack Mountains of New York". Northeastern Naturalist. 14 (3): 425–438. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2007)14[425:AMCOEL]2.0.CO;2.

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[Marshall_et_al._1877-1] Marshall, V.G.; Reeves, R.M.; Norton, R.A. (1987). Catalogue of the Oribatida (Acari) of continental United States and Canada. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. Vol. 139. pp. 1–418.

[Root_et_al._2007-2] Root, Heather T.; McGee, Gregory G.; Norton, Roy A. (2007). "Arboreal mite communities on epiphytic lichens of the Adirondack Mountains of New York". Northeastern Naturalist. 14 (3): 425–438. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2007)14[425:AMCOEL]2.0.CO;2.