Open AccessTWO NEW SPECIES OF ANDREACARUS RADFORD FROM TASMANIA (ACARI: DERMANYSSIDAE)
Author(s) -
Domrow Robert
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1978.tb00157.x
Subject(s) - acari , biology , key (lock) , zoology , ecology
Andreacarus anadema and A. synoecus spp. n. are described from two murid rodents in Tasmania, Mastacomys fuscus Thomas and Pseudomys higginsi (Trouessart), respectively. They belong in the radfordi species‐group, a first key to the six known members of which is given.