Acaricomes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
Class: | Actinobacteria |
Subclass: | Actinobacteridae |
Order: | Actinomycetales |
Suborder: | Micrococcineae |
Family: | Micrococcaceae |
Genus: | Acaricomes |
Type species | |
A. phytoseiuli |
Acaricomes is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).[1] The etymology of the genus is N.L. masc. pl. n. acari, the mites; L. masc. n. comes, companion; N.L. masc. n. Acaricomes, companion of mites..[2] The genus contains only one species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely,[2] A. phytoseiuli ( Pukall et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).; N.L. gen. masc. n. phytoseiuli, of Phytoseiulus, the nomenclatural genus name of the host mite.)[3]