Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Arachnida > Subclass Micrura > Subclass Acari > Superorder Actinotrichida > Suborder Prostigmata > Superfamily Halacaroidea > Family Halacaridae > Genus Agauopsis

Agauopsis tricuspis Benard, 1962

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Agauopsis*	Viets, 1927	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Agauopsis vidae*	Krantz, 1970	synonym
*Halacarellus minutipalpis*	Viets, 1937	synonym

Literature

original description	Benard, F. 1962. Sur une nouvelle espèce d'Acariens marin, Agauopsis tricuspis (superfamille des Prostigmata, famille des Halacaridae). Acarologia, 4: 215-229.
basis of record	Bartsch, I., 2001. Acarina - Halacaridae, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 237-241
additional source	Krantz, G.W., 1970. Agauopsis vidae, a new species of Halacaridae (Acari: Prostigmata) from the Northern Adriatic Sea, with notes on its behavior. Archo Oceanogr. Limnol., 16 : 247-262.
additional source	Green, J.; MacQuitty, M. (1987). Halacarid mites (Arachnida: Acari): keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series), 36. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London. ISBN 90-048196-8. VII, 178 pp.