Phthiracarus piger ( Scopoli, 1763 )

Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. & Lindo, Zoë, 2019, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska, Zootaxa 4666 (1), pp. 1-180 : 38

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4666.1.1

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scientific name

Phthiracarus piger ( Scopoli, 1763 )
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Phthiracarus piger ( Scopoli, 1763) View in CoL

Original name: Acarus piger Scopoli, 1763 ( Willmann 1931)

Synonymy: Phthiracarus contractilis Perty, 1841 : ( Ghilarov 1975).

Geographic Location: AK: Fort Richardson; Anchorage ( Hammer 1955a).

Habitats: Grass with roots.

Distribution: Holarctic.

Remarks: According to Marshall et al. (1987) Jacot (1930) considered Acarus piger Scopoli, 1763 to be unrecognizable and certainly not a Phthiracarus ; he assigned it to what is now considered the Euphthiracaroidea .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Sarcoptiformes

Family

Phthiracaridae

Genus

Phthiracarus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Ixodida

Family

Argasidae

Genus

Acarus

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