Species Diabolicoptes sarcophilus Fain & Domrow, 1974

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• Diabolicoptes sarcophilus Fain, A. & Domrow, R. 1974. Two new parasitic mites (Acari : Sarcoptidae and Atopomelidae) from Tasmanian marsupials. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 98: 122-130 [124].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Launceston, Tasmania.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2 ♀ (same data as holotype)
  Comment: Mites extracted from feces of a Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii Boitard.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM)

General References

Bochkov, A.V. 2010. A review of mammal-associated Psoroptidia (Acariformes: Astigmata). Acarina. Russian Journal of Acarology 18: 99–260 (as Diabolicoptes sarcophilus)

Domrow, R. 1992. Acari Astigmata (excluding feather mites) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 1459-1606 (as Diabolicoptes sarcophilus)

Green, R.H. 1989. The ectoparasitic mites of Tasmanian vertebrate animals. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 98: 1-25 (as Diabolicoptes sarcophilus)

Klompen, J.S.H. 1992. Phylogenetic relationships in the mite family Sarcoptidae (Acari: Astigmata). Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 180: 1-154 (as Diabolicoptes sarcophilus)

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