Starkovia

Starkovia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Laelaptonyssidae
Genus:
Lombardini, 1947

Starkovia is a genus of mites in the family Laelaptonyssidae. There are about eight described species in Starkovia, some of which were transferred from the genus Laelaptonyssus when it was determined to be a synonym of Starkovia.[1][2][3]

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Starkovia:

  • Starkovia chinensis (Samšinák, 1964)
  • Starkovia darwiniensis (Halliday, 1987)
  • Starkovia hallidayi (Krantz, 2000)
  • Starkovia lacticolus (Halliday, 2006)
  • Starkovia lenzi (Halliday, 1987)
  • Starkovia mitis (Womersley, 1956)
  • Starkovia setosus (Krantz, 2000)
  • Starkovia termitophila Lombardini, 1947

References

  1. ^ "Starkovia". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  2. ^ Castilho, Raphael C. (2012). Taxonomy of Rhodacaroidea mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) (PDF). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Report).
  3. ^ Castilho, Raphael de Campos; Moraes, Gilberto; Halliday, R. B. (2012). "Catalogue of the mite family Rhodacaridae Oudemans, with noyes on the classification of the Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata)". Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz. 3471.