Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Trombiculoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Trombiculidae
Subfamilia: Leeuwenhoekiinae
Genus: Odontacarus
Species: Odontacarus lygosomae
Name
- Odontacarus lygosomae (Dumbleton, 1947)
- Authority for current placement: it is unclear if this species was placed in Odontacarus because of the (disputed) synonymy of Acomatacarus, or for other reasons
- undisputed by all subsequent authorities
- Combination(s)/spelling(s):
- Original: Acomatacarus lygosomae
- Subsequent: current
- Original genus: Acomatacarus Ewing, 1942
- Original status: valid species
- Primary type: holotype
- Fixation: designated (as 'type')
- Description: larva
- Repository: NZAC, ex 'Cawthron Institute Collection, Nelson, N.Z.'
- Type host: Lygosoma grande?
- Type locality: 'Meek's Hill, Weston, Oamaru, N.Z.'
- Authority for current placement: it is unclear if this species was placed in Odontacarus because of the (disputed) synonymy of Acomatacarus, or for other reasons
References
Primary references
- Dumbleton, L.J. 1947. Trombidiidae (Acarina) from the Solomon Islands and New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 76(3): 409–413, plate 34. Online Reference page.
Additional references
- Audy, J.R. 1957: A checklist of trombiculid mites of the Oriental and Australasian regions. Parasitology, 47 (1-2): 217–294. BUGZ [see p. 283] [as Acomatacarus lygosomae]
- Connolly, J.D.; Cree, A. 2008: Risks of a late start to captive management for conservation: phenotypic differences between wild and captive individuals of a viviparous endangered skink (Oligosoma otagense). Biological conservation, 141 (5): 1283–1292. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.02.026
- Hardy, G.S. 1972: A review of the parasites of New Zealand reptiles. Tuatara, 19: 166–167. [as Acomatacarus lygosomae]
- Hare, K.M.; Hare, J.R.; Cree, A. 2010: Parasites, but not palpation, are associated with pregnancy failure in a captive viviparous lizard. Herpetological conservation and biology, 5 (3): 563–570. PDF
- McKenna, P.B. 2003: An annotated checklist of ecto- and endoparasites of New Zealand reptiles. Surveillance, 30 (3): 18–25. pdf of whole issue [as Acomatacarus lygosomae]
- Reardon, J.T.; Norbury, G. 2004: Ectoparasite and hemoparasite infection in a diverse temperate lizard assemblage at Macraes Flat, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of parasitology, 90 (6): 1274–1278. DOI: 10.1645/GE-3326 JSTOR
- Sirvid, P.J. et al. 2010: [Chapter] SIX Phylum ARTHROPODA CHELICERATA horseshoe crabs, arachnids, sea spiders. Pp. 50-89 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3 [85, listed in Leeuwenhoekiidae]
- Southcott, R.V. 1986: The genus Odontacarus (Acarina: Trombiculidae). II. Observations on the life history and morphology of Odontacarus swani n. sp., and related forms. Records of the South Australian Museum, 19: 169–200. PDF
- Tocher, M.D. 2009: Life history traits contribute to decline of critically endangered lizards at Macraes Flat, Otago. New Zealand journal of ecology, 33 (2): 125–137. abstract and pdf
unpublished theses/reports
- Vargas, M.L. 2006: Host-Parasite Coevolution in New Zealand: How has Odontacarus, a mite with a free-living stage in its life cycle, coevolved with its skink hosts? UNPUBLISHED M.APP.SCI. THESIS, LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, N.Z. handle
Links
- EoL
- ION [as Acomatacarus lygosomae]
- ION [as Acomatacarus lygoaomae]
- ION
- NZOR (demonstration website) [in Leeuwenhoekidae]
- Qin, T.-K.; Henderson, R.C; Crosby, T.K.: Primary type specimens in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC): Acari. Version 1 - June 1997
- ZooBank
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