Trombidium southcotti is a species of mite in the genus Trombidium in the family Trombidiidae. It is found in Iran.
Trombidium southcotti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Trombidiformes |
Family: | Trombidiidae |
Genus: | Trombidium |
Species: | T. southcotti
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Binomial name | |
Trombidium southcotti Zhang & Saboori, 1996
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Name
editThe species is named in honor of doctor and scientist Ronald Vernon Southcott (1918–1998), who described another species in the same genus, T. breei.
References
edit- Synopsis of the described Arachnida of the World: Trombidiidae
Further reading
edit- Zhang, Z.Q. & Saboori, A. (1996): Descriptions of the larva, deutonymph and adult of Trombidium southcotti sp. nov.(Acari: Trombidiidae) from Iran. Systematic & Applied Acarology 1: 157–165.