Parasitus coleoptratorum

Parasitus coleoptratorum is a species of mite in the family Parasitidae, first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 as Acarus coleoptratorum.^[1][4]

Parasitus coleoptratorum
Parasitus coleoptratorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Parasitidae
Genus:	Parasitus
Species:	P. coleoptratorum
Binomial name
Parasitus coleoptratorum Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Acarus coleoptratorum Linnaeus, 1758[1] Cornigamasus coleoptratorum (Linnaeus, 1758)[2] Gamasus coleoptratorum[3]

Further reading

• Hyatt, K.H. - Mites of the subfamily Parasitinae (Mesostigmata: Parasitidae) in the British Isles. in Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 1980
• Karg, W - Acari (Acarina), Milben. Unterordnung Anactinochaeta (Parasitiformes). Die freilebenden Gamasina (Gamasides), Raubmilben in Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. 59. Teil. 475 pp. 1971