Biology:Carabodes higginsi

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Short description: Species of mite

Carabodes higginsi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Oribatida
Family: Carabodidae
Genus: Carabodes
Species:
C. higginsi
Binomial name
Carabodes higginsi
Reeves, 1988

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

Wikidata ☰ Q4657001 entry