Taxonomy Profile: Pachyseius cavernicolus (Ishikawa 1989)

Pachyseius cavernicolus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Pachyseius cavernicola
Ishikawa 1989
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Pachyseius cavernicolus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Chelicerata
cheliceriformes |
quelicerado |
queliceriforme |
Subclass : Arachnida
araignées |
aracnídeo |
arachnids |
arácnidos |
Superorder : Parasitiformes
Order : Mesostigmata
Suborder : Monogynaspida
Infraorder : Gamasina
Superfamily : Eviphidoidea
Subfamily : Pachyseiinae
Genus : Pachyseius
Pachyseius cavernicolus Direct Children(s):
Pachyseius cavernicolus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Masán, Peter, and Bruce Halliday
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2014-03-12 / 2014-03-12
Article/Chapter Title:
Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zootaxa, vol. 3776
Page(s):
1-66
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1175-5326
Notes:
doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3776.1.1
Reference for:
Pachyseius cavernicolus
Pachyseius cavernicolus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Pachyseius cavernicolus: Comments
Comment:
According to Masán & Halliday (2014), the species was originally described and named as 'Pachyseius cavernicola' by Ishikawa (1989). Masán & Halliday, without comment, list the current name as 'Pachyseius cavernicolus Ishikawa, 1989', apparently treating the epithet as an incorrectly-formed adjective, requiring gender correction to match the genus, rather than as an invariable noun or an adjective with common or variable gender (in which case cavernicola, meaning cave-dweller, could be considered both a masculine and feminine form). It is not yet clear which is the proper resolution