Species Satanicoptes phascogale (Fain & Domrow, 1974)

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• Diabolicoptes phascogale 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.

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Christmas Hills nr Melbourne, Victoria.
  Paratype(s) QIMR ♀ (same data as holotype).

  Type host:

   Phascogale tapoatafa Meyer, 1793 [DASYURIDAE] Brush-tailed phascogale

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

General References

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

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

Fain, A. & Laurence, B.R. 1975. Satanicoptes armatus, n. gen., n. sp. (Astigmata : Sarcoptidae), a new mite producing mange in the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii Boitard). Journal of Medical Entomology 12: 415-417 (as Satanicoptes phascogale)

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 Satanicoptes phascogale)

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