Eupodes wisei

Eupodes wisei is a species of mite belonging to the family Eupodidae.^[1] The species was first described by Herbert Womersley and Russell W. Strandtmann in 1963, and is found in Victoria Land, Antarctica.^[2]

Eupodes wisei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Trombidiformes
Family:	Eupodidae
Genus:	Eupodes
Species:	E. wisei
Binomial name
Eupodes wisei Womersley & Strandtmann, 1963

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Herbert Womersley and Russell W. Strandtmann in 1963, who named the species after New Zealand entomologist Keith Arthur John Wise, who had discovered the holotype of the species under stones in the skua rookery at Hallett Station, Victoria Land, Antarctica.^[2]

Distribution and habitat

The species is found Victoria Land, Antarctica.^[2] The species is typically found on the undersides of stones.^[3]