Pachyseius adeliensis Womersley 1937
- Dataset
- Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Mesostigmata
- family
- Pachylaelapidae
- genus
- Pachyseius
- species
- Pachyseius adeliensis
Pachyseius adeliensis Womersley 1937
Pachyseius adeliensis Womersley, 1937 (Family?)
Pachyseius adeliensis Womersley, 1937: 18. Type locality: Antarctica.
Notes. This species shows some atypical characters for Pachylaelapidae, for example: (1) sternal shield with two pairs of setae (st1, st2); (2) a pair of free and well developed metasternal platelets, each bearing two setae (st3, st4); (3) basitarsus IV with very long sensory seta; (4) dorsal shield with several unpaired setae on medial surface. We are unable to place this species in any known family of Mesostigmata.
Name
- Homonyms
- Pachyseius adeliensis Womersley 1937