Phauloppia banksi
Appearance
Phauloppia banksi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Oribatida |
Family: | Oribatulidae |
Genus: | Phauloppia |
Species: | P. banksi
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Binomial name | |
Phauloppia banksi Marshall, Reeves & Norton, 1987
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Phauloppia banksi is a species of mite in the family Oribatulidae. Found in the United States, it was described as new to science in 1987.[1] A study conducted in New York that showed that the mite is one of several that takes shelter in the thallus of the common North American lichen Punctelia rudecta.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Marshall, V.G.; Reeves, R.M.; Norton, R.A. (1987). Catalogue of the Oribatida (Acari) of continental United States and Canada. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. Vol. 139. pp. 1–418.
- ^ Root, Heather T.; McGee, Gregory G.; Norton, Roy A. (2007). "Arboreal mite communities on epiphytic lichens of the Adirondack Mountains of New York". Northeastern Naturalist. 14 (3): 425–438. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2007)14[425:AMCOEL]2.0.CO;2.