Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata)
Author
HALLIDAY, R. B.
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-09
5280
1
1
73
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1
journal article
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Genus
Neocnemidocoptes
Fain, 1966a
Neocnemidocoptes
Fain, 1966a: 394
.
Type
species:
Sarcoptes laevis
var.
gallinae
Railliet, 1887: 132
, by original designation.
Notes
:
Fain (1966a)
designated
Sarcoptes laevis
var.
gallinae
Railliet, 1887
as the
type
species of
Neocnemidocoptes
.
Fain (1974)
then elevated
gallinae
to the species level and confirmed that
Sarcoptes gallinae
is the
type
species of
Neocnemidocoptes
Fain, 1966a
.
Sarcoptes laevis
Railliet, 1885
is a senior synonym of
Picicnemidocoptes dryocopae
Pence, 1972
, the
type
species of
Picicnemidocoptes
Pence, 1972
.