Limnesia testacea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lebertioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Anystina Hypordo: Parasitengona Superfamilia: Lebertioidea

Familia: Limnesiidae
Genus: Limnesia
Species: Limnesia testacea

Name

Limnesia testacea Hopkins, 1969

• Authority for current placement: original
• Original genus: Limnesia Koch, 1835
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: [adult] male
  • Repository: MONZ Dominion Museum catalogue number DM 4/362
• Type locality: Opihi River, Canterbury. Map ref. in map series NZMS 1: S 101, 436867

References

Primary references

• Hopkins, C.L. 1969. New species of Limnesia and Tryssaturus (Acari, Hydrachnellae) from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, biological sciences 11(7): 89–92. BUGZ Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 89, and figs. 1, A-F]

Additional references

• Sirvid, P.J. et al. 2010: [Chapter] SIX Phylum ARTHROPODA CHELICERATA horseshoe crabs, arachnids, sea spiders. Pp. 50-89 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3 [see p. 85 (listed)]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Limnesia testacea – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Limnesia testacea.
• ION

• ZooBank