TNZOR Trombiculidae

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Checklist

5 genera, 6 species

• Guntheria apteryxi Loomis & Goff, 1983 E ZooBank
• Microtrombicula hoplodactyla Goff, Loomis & Ainsworth, 1988 E ZooBank
• Neotrombicula naultini (Dumbleton, 1947) E ZooBank
• Neotrombicula sphenodonti Goff, Loomis & Ainsworth, 1988 E ZooBank
• Odontacarus lygosomae (Dumbleton, 1947) E ZooBank
• Whartonacarus sp.

NZIB checklist [pp. 85, 86]

LEEUWENHOEKIIDAE

• Odontacarus lygosomae (Dumbleton, 1947)

TROMBICULIDAE

• Guntheria (Derrickiella) apteryxi Loomis & Goff, 1983
• Neotrombicula hoplodactyla Goff, Loomis & Ainsworth, 1987
• Neotrombicula naultini (Dumbleton, 1947)
• Neotrombicula sphenodonti Goff, Loomis & Ainsworth, 1987
• Whartonacarus sp.

Notes

• the problems/errors with the NZIB list are as follows:
  • the combination Neotrombicula hoplodactyla appears to be entirely spurious (and it is certainly not the original combination)
  • the actual publication date of the Goff, Loomis & Ainsworth article is 1988, see ZooBank
  • recognition of LEEUWENHOEKIIDAE as a distinct family, contra Shatrov & Kudryashova (2008)
  • all the described species should be presumed endemic to N.Z.

References

• Shatrov, A.B.; Kudryashova, N.I. 2008: Taxonomic ranking of major trombiculid subtaxa with remarks on the evolution of host-parasite relationships (Acariformes: Parasitengona: Trombiculidae). Annales zoologici, 58(2): 279-287. doi

links

• Category:New Zealand Trombiculidae on Wikispecies
• NZOR (demonstration website) (LEEUWENHOEKIDAE [sic!])
• NZOR (demonstration website) (TROMBICULIDAE)