Thewkachela ratufi n.g. n.sp., an Unusual New Cheyletid Mite (Cheyletidae: Acariformes) from the Giant Squirrel, Ratufa, (Sciuridae: Rodentia) in Sabah and Thailand
Autor: | John B. Kethley, Guilford S. Ide |
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Rok vydání: | 1977 |
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Zdroj: | Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 70:559-562 |
ISSN: | 1938-2901 0013-8746 |
DOI: | 10.1093/aesa/70.4.559 |
Popis: | Thewkachela ratufi , (Cheyletidae: Acariformes) is described from adult females taken from Ratufa affinis (Sciuridae: Rodentia) in Sabah, formerly North Borneo, and R. bicolor and R. affinis in Thailand. The mites are unique among known Cheyletidae in possessing a large recurved hook arising from the ventral surface of the subcapitulum. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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