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Austrophthiracarus tawhai Liu & Zhang, 2013

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Austrophthiracarus tawhai Liu & Zhang, 2013: 388
Austrophthiracarus tawhai Liu & Zhang, 2013
Liu, D.; Zhang, Z.-Q. 2013: Two new species of Austrophthiracarus (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae) from New Zealand. Zootaxa 3682(2): 385-391.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Liu, D.; Zhang, Z.-Q. (2013)
Known only from type locality.

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Liu & Zhang
Liu & Zhang
Liu, D.; Zhang, Z.-Q. 2013: Two new species of Austrophthiracarus (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae) from New Zealand. Zootaxa 3682(2): 385-391.
2013
388
ICZN
Austrophthiracarus tawhai Liu & Zhang, 2013
species
Austrophthiracarus tawhai
The new name (noun in apposition) is from Māori Tāwhai (silver beech, Nothofagus menziesii) endemic to New Zealand. This new species was collected from the litter in a silver beech forest.

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Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Phthiracaridae
Austrophthiracarus
tawhai

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Austrophthiracarus tawhai Liu & Zhang, 2013
Austrophthiracarus tawhai Liu & Zhang, 2013
Liu, D.; Zhang, Z.-Q. (2013)
Austrophthiracarus tawhai Liu & Zhang, 2013
Austrophthiracarus

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Etymology
The new name (noun in apposition) is from Māori Tāwhai (silver beech, Nothofagus menziesii) endemic to New Zealand. This new species was collected from the litter in a silver beech forest.
Liu, D.; Zhang, Z.-Q. 2013: Two new species of Austrophthiracarus (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae) from New Zealand. Zootaxa 3682(2): 385-391.

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30 October 2018
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