Species Crotonia ramus (Womersley, 1956)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Acronothrus ramus Womersley, H. 1956. A fossil mite (Acronothrus ramus n. sp.) from Cainozoic resin at Allendale, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 69: 21-23 [fossilized resin].

  Type data:

   Holotype MELG 1977 (Transfered to NMV, accession no. NMV P127834.), Allendale, Victoria
  Comment: Fossilized resin.

Generic Combinations

• Crotonia ramus (Womersley, 1956).

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

General References

Colloff, M.J. 2009. Species-group concepts and biogeography of the genus Crotonia (Acari: Oribatida: Crotoniidae), with new species from South and Central America. Zootaxa 2081: 1–30 (as Crotonia ramus)

Colloff, M.J. & Halliday, R.B. 1998. Oribatid Mites: A Catalogue of the Australian Genera and Species. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications. (as Crotonia ramus)

Colloff, M.J. & Perdomo, G. 2009. New species of Crotonia (Acari: Oribatida: Camisiidae) from Nothofagus and Eucalyptus forests in Victoria, Australia, with a redescription of the fossil species Crotonia ramus (Womersley, 1957). Zootaxa 2217: 1–36 (as Crotonia ramus)

Wallwork, J.A. 1978. On the genus Crotonia Thorell 1876 (Acari : Cryptostigmata). Acarologia 19: 513-539 (as Crotonia ramus)

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