Species Halacarus discophorus Bartsch, 1993

Museums

Regional Maps

• Halacarus discophorus Bartsch, I. 1993. Halacarus (Halacaridae, Acari) from south-western Australia. pp. 45-71 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.E., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 1 634 pp.

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 91/1457 ♂, Cathedral Rock, Rottnest Island, Western Australia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

General References

Bartsch, I. 2007. Halacarid mites (Acari: Halacaridae) from Esperance, Western Australia: Notes on taxonomy and faunal distribution of non-Copidognathinae. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23: 359–392 (as Halacarus discophorus)

Bartsch, I. 2009. Checklist of marine and freshwater halacarid mite genera and species (Halacaridae: Acari) with notes on synonyms, habitats, distribution and descriptions of the taxa. Zootaxa 1998: 1–170 (as Halacarus discophorus)

Bartsch, I. 2009. Psammobiont halacarid mites (Acari: Halacaridae) from St John's Island, Singapore and remarks of the halacarid fauna of the Malay Peninsula. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 22: 173–201 (as Halacarus discophorus)

Bartsch, I. 2011. Halacarus socius (Acari: Halacaridae), description of the male and diagnoses of species in the Halacarus actenos group. Zootaxa 2800: 18–40 (as Halacarus discophorus)

Otto, J.C. 2001. Halacaridae from the Great Barrier Reef lagoon and Coral Sea: Halacarellus and Halacarus (Acarina: Halacaroidea). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 691–716 (as Halacarus discophorus)

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