Trombidium rhopalicus

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Trombidium rhopalicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Superorder: Acariformes
Order: Parasitengona
Family: Trombidiidae
Genus: Trombidium
Species: T. rhopalicus
Binomial name
Trombidium rhopalicus
(Vercammen-Grandjean & Popp, 1967)
Synonyms

Atomus rhopalicus

Trombidium rhopalicus is a species of mite in the genus Trombidium in the family Trombidiidae. It is found in Germany. The larvae of this species are ectoparasites on the pteromalid wasp Rhopalicus tutela, which itself is a parasite of bark beetles.

References

  • Synopsis of the described Arachnida of the World: Trombidiidae

Further reading

  • Vercammen-Grandjean, P.H. & Popp, E. (1967): Atomus rhopalicus n. sp., a parasite of Rhopalicus tutela (Walker)(Hymenoptera), from Germany (Trombidiidae: Acarina). Opuscula Zool. 95.


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