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Afroheterozercon spirostreptus

Description

Afroheterozercon spirostreptus (Fain 1988)

Heterozercon spirostreptus Fain 1988: 237.

Afroheterozercon spirostreptus.— Fain 1989: 147; Klompen, Amin & Gerdeman 2013: 313.

Type depository. Holotype deposited at RMCA.

Material examined. Two paratype females, two paratype males (RMCA) and specimens as listed in Klompen et al. (2013).

Remarks. Based on females and males from Spirostreptus cornutus Attems (Spirostreptida: Spirostreptidae) from Mayumbe forest, Bas Zaire, Dem. Rep. Congo (Fain 1988). Additional records ex unidentified large millipede (Spirostreptida) from Gabon (host at FMNH, accession no. FMNH-INS-5479 and 5486) (Klompen et al. 2013).

Notes

Published as part of Klompen, Hans & Gerdeman, Beverly S., 2023, Genus-level revision of the Heterozerconoidea (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata), pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 5322 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5322.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8203657

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
RMCA
Family
Heterozerconidae
Genus
Afroheterozercon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fain
Species
spirostreptus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Afroheterozercon spirostreptus (Fain, 1988) sec. Klompen & Gerdeman, 2023

References

  • Fain, A. (1988) Notes on mites associated with Myriapoda. III. Two new species of the genus Heterozercon Berlese, 1888 (Acari, Mesostigmata) from Afrotropical Myriapods. Bulletin et Annales de la Societe royale belge d'Entomologie, 124, 237 - 242.
  • Fain, A. (1989) Notes on mites associated with Myriapoda. IV. New taxa in the Heterozerconidae (Acari, Mesostigmata). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie, 59, 145 - 156.
  • Klompen, H., Amin, M. & Gerdeman, B. S. (2013) A revision of the genus Afroheterozercon (Acari: Heterozerconidae). Zootaxa, 3626 (3), 301 - 325. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3626.3.1