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Phauloppia banksi

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Phauloppia banksi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Oribatida
Family: Oribatulidae
Genus: Phauloppia
Species:
P. banksi
Binomial name
Phauloppia banksi
Marshall, Reeves & Norton, 1987

Phauloppia banksi is a species of mite in the family Oribatulidae. Found in the United States, it was described as new to science in 1987.[1] A study conducted in New York that showed that the mite is one of several that takes shelter in the thallus of the common North American lichen Punctelia rudecta.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Marshall, V.G.; Reeves, R.M.; Norton, R.A. (1987). Catalogue of the Oribatida (Acari) of continental United States and Canada. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. Vol. 139. pp. 1–418.
  2. ^ Root, Heather T.; McGee, Gregory G.; Norton, Roy A. (2007). "Arboreal mite communities on epiphytic lichens of the Adirondack Mountains of New York". Northeastern Naturalist. 14 (3): 425–438. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2007)14[425:AMCOEL]2.0.CO;2.