Open AccessA NEW SPECIES OF PARASPELEOGNATHOPSIS FAIN (ACARI: EREYNETIDAE) FROM AN AUSTRALIAN DASYURID MARSUPIAL
Author(s) -
Domrow Robert
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1975.tb02009.x
Subject(s) - marsupial , biology , acari , zoology , mite , ecology
The distinctive Paraspeleognathopsis exul sp. n. is the first ereynetid mite parasite to be described from an Australian marsupial ( Antechinus stuartii Macleay, Dasyuridae). New synonymy: Paraspeleognathopsis Fain, 1958 = Speleorodens Fain, 1962 = Speleomys Fain, 1971.