The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').
Stage | Summary | Taxon | Vernacular | Classification | References | |||
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female | female hitches a ride on 6th or 7th pereonite (mid or lateral region of ventral surface) | Oniscus asellus | Common Shiny Woodlouse | Isopoda: Oniscidae | The ecology, morphology and behaviour of Bakerdania elliptica (Acari: Prostigmata: Pygmephoridae), a mite associated with terrestrial isopods, Colloff, M.J. & Hopkin, S.P., 1986 |
Author & Year | Title | Source |
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Colloff, M.J. & Hopkin, S.P., 1986 | The ecology, morphology and behaviour of Bakerdania elliptica (Acari: Prostigmata: Pygmephoridae), a mite associated with terrestrial isopods | Journal of Zoology Vol 208: 109-123. |
Species | Bakerdania elliptica (Woodlouse Mite) |
Family | PYGMEPHORIDAE (pygmephorid mites) |
Superfamily | PYGMEPHOROIDEA (a superfamily of mites) |
Cohort | Heterostigmatina (a cohort of mites) |
Supercohort | Eleutherengonides (a supercohort of mites) |
Suborder | PROSTIGMATA (sucking mites) |
Order | TROMBIDIFORMES (trombidiform mites) |
Superorder | ACARIFORMES (acariform mites) |
Subclass | ACARI (mites) |
Class | ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.) |
Subphylum | CHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods) |
Phylum | ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
Superphylum | ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders) |
Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
Life | BIOTA (living things) |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bakerdania elliptica (Woodlouse Mite) |
Handling & Magnification | Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Colloff, M.J. & Hopkin, S.P. | 1986 | The ecology, morphology and behaviour of Bakerdania elliptica (Acari: Prostigmata: Pygmephoridae), a mite associated with terrestrial isopods | Journal of Zoology Vol 208: 109-123. |
Bakerdania elliptica (Woodlouse Mite) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Bakerdania elliptica (Woodlouse Mite):
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