Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Arrenuroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Trombidiformes
Subordo: Prostigmata
Cohort: Anystina
Hypordo: Parasitengona
Superfamilia: Arrenuroidea

Familia: Arrenuridae
Genus: Thoracophoracarus
Species: Thoracophoracarus felix

Name

  • Thoracophoracarus felix Gerecke, 2009: 142, fig. 10
Holotype: MNHN Ac1124, ♂, 9.IX.2001, 19.2°C, 0.091 mS/cm.
Type locality: Madagascar: MD 069, Andohahela (Tulear), Isaka, W stream at the S National Park border (W RIP 118), 200 m.
Etymology: This species is dedicated to Felix Rakotondraparany (Antananarivo) who helped us in many different ways during our field work in Madagascar.

References

  • Gerecke, R., 2009: Revisional studies on Thoracophoracarus K. Viets, 1914 (Arachnida, Acari, Hydrachnidia, Arrenuridae). Zoosystema, 31(1): 127–145. DOI: 10.5252/z2009n1a7.
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