Carabodes higginsi
| Carabodes higginsi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Oribatida |
| Family: | Carabodidae |
| Genus: | Carabodes |
| Species: | C. higginsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Carabodes higginsi Reeves, 1988
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Carabodes higginsi is a species of mite in the family Carabodidae. Found in North America, it was described as a new species in 1988 by botanist Robert Gatlin Reeves. It occurs in the northeastern United States and in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. The mite is named after a friend of the author, Harold G. Higgins of Salt Lake City, Utah.[1] A study conducted in New York that showed that the mite is one of several that takes shelter in the thallus of the common North American lichen Punctelia rudecta.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Reeves, R.M. (1988). "Distribution and habitat comparisons for Carabodes collected from conifer branches with descriptions of brevis Banks and higginsi n. sp.(Acari: Oribatida: Carabodidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 90 (3): 373–392.
- ^ Root, Heather T.; McGee, Gregory G.; Norton, Roy A. (2007). "Arboreal mite communities on epiphytic lichens of the Adirondack Mountains of New York". Northeastern Naturalist. 14 (3): 425–438. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2007)14[425:AMCOEL]2.0.CO;2.
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