Parasitus coleoptratorum

Parasitus coleoptratorum is a species of mite in the family Parasitidae, first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 as Acarus coleoptratorum.^[1][4]

Parasitus coleoptratorum
Parasitus coleoptratorum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Parasitidae
Genus:	Parasitus
Species:	P. coleoptratorum
Binomial name
Parasitus coleoptratorum Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Acarus coleoptratorum Linnaeus, 1758[1] Cornigamasus coleoptratorum (Linnaeus, 1758)[2] Gamasus coleoptratorum[3]

Further reading

• Hyatt, K.H. - Mites of the subfamily Parasitinae (Mesostigmata: Parasitidae) in the British Isles. in Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 1980
• Karg, W - Acari (Acarina), Milben. Unterordnung Anactinochaeta (Parasitiformes). Die freilebenden Gamasina (Gamasides), Raubmilben in Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. 59. Teil. 475 pp. 1971

References

1. "Australian Faunal Directory: Parasitus coleoptratorum". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
2. "BioLib: Parasitus coleoptratorum (Linnaeus, 1758)". biolib.cz. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
3. "GBIF: Gamasus coleoptratorum". gbif.org. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
4. Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Tomus I 824 pp.