Lacertacarus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trombiculoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
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
Subcohort: Trombidiina
Superfamilia: Trombiculoidea

Familia: Trombiculidae
Genus:

Species: L. callosus – L. aquaticus – L. croaticus – L. graecus – L. latus – L. sardiniensis – L. similis – L. turcicus

Name

Lacertacarus Schluger & Vasilieva, 1977

Type species: Trombicula callosa Schluger, 1966

References

Primary references

  • Schluger, E.G. & Vasilieva, I.S. 1977. A new genus and two new species of chigger mites (Acariformes, Trombiculidae) from lizards. Parazitologiya 11: 265–268. Reference page. 
  • Kalúz, S. 2011. Two new chigger mites of the genus Lacertacarus (Acari: Prostigmata, Trombiculidae). Zootaxa, 2922: 15–26. Preview
  • Stekolnikov, A.A., Pfliegler, W.P. & Sciberras, A. 2014. Contributions to the fauna of reptilian chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae) from the Central Mediterranean, with a description of one new species. International journal of acarology 40(8): 588-594. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2014.964312 Reference page.