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 silvarum

Name

  • Thoracophoracarus silvarum Gerecke, 2009: 141, fig. 9
Holotype: MNHN Ac1122, ♂, 15.VIII.2001, 19.9°C, 0.083 mS/cm.
Type locality: Madagascar, MD 027, Ionilahy (Fianarantsoa), small stream crossing the railroad E from the village, 200 m.
Etymology: From the Latin silva, meaning forest. This species appears restricted to a belt of primary and secondary rain-forest on the eastern coast of 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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