Eupodes wisei is a species of mite belonging to the family Eupodidae.[1] The species was first described by Herbert Womersley and Russell W. Strandtmann in 1963, and is found in Victoria Land, Antarctica.[2]

Eupodes wisei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Eupodidae
Genus: Eupodes
Species:
E. wisei
Binomial name
Eupodes wisei
Womersley & Strandtmann, 1963

Taxonomy

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The species was first described by Herbert Womersley and Russell W. Strandtmann in 196, who named the species after New Zealand entomologist Keith Arthur John Wise, who had discovered the holotype of the species under stones in the skua rookery at Hallett Station, Victoria Land, Antarctica.[2]

Distribution and habitat

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The species is found Victoria Land, Antarctica.[2] The species is typically found on the undersides of stones.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Eupodes wisei Womersley & Strandtmann, 1963". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Womersley, H.; Strandtmann, R. W. (1963). "On some free living prostigmatic mites of Antarctica" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 5 (2): 451. ISSN 0030-8714. Wikidata Q89667628. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2008.
  3. ^ P.J.A. Pugh (April 1993). "A synonymic catalogue of the Acari from Antarctica, the sub-Antarctic Islands and the Southern Ocean". Journal of Natural History. 27 (2): 323–421. doi:10.1080/00222939300770171. ISSN 0022-2933. Wikidata Q54504312.