EHRNSBERGERIA NOM. N, A NEW NAME FOR THE FEATHER MITE GENUS RAINERIA DABERT, 2003 (ASTIGMATA: SYRINGOBIIDAE)

About author:

Dabert Jacek, Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, Poznañ, 61-614, Poland

Annotation:

A new substitute name, Ehrsnbergeria nom. n., is proposed for the feather mite genus Raineria Dabert, 2003 (preoccupied by Osswald, 1928 for a fossil shark) with two species: Ehrnsbergeria africana (Gaud, 1976) comb. n. and E. mironovi (Dabert et Ehrnsberger, 1995) comb. n.

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