Gaeolaelaps gillespiei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dermanyssoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Parasitiformes Ordo: Mesostigmata Subordo: Dermanyssina Superfamilia: Dermanyssoidea

Gaeolaelaps gillespiei Beaulieu, 2009: 38, figs. 1–11

Holotype: ♀; 15 April 1982, Dave Gillespie.
Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Sidney, ex. roots and soil of wilting gerbera plants.
Etymology: Named in honour of David Gillespie (Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada) who collected the species and encouraged its use as a predator against fungus gnats and thrips

Beaulieu, F. 2009. Review of the mite genus Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till (Acari: Laelapidae), and description of a new species from North America, G. gillespiei n. sp. Zootaxa 2158: 33–49. Abstract & excerpt PDF DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2158.1.3 Reference page.

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