Guntheria is a genus of mites in the family Trombiculidae. The species of this genus are found in Australia and the islands to its north.[1]

Guntheria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Trombiculidae
Genus: Guntheria
Womersley, 1939
Type species
Guntheria kallipygos
(Gunther, 1939)

The genus was first described by Herbert Womersley in 1939.[2][3]

Species edit

The Australian Faunal Directory lists the following as valid:[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Guntheria Womersley, 1939". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Guntheria Ewing, 1938". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. ^ Womersley, H. (1939). "Further notes on the Australian Trombidiidae, with description of new species". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 63: 149–166 [157].
  4. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Names List for Guntheria Womersley, 1939". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 14 January 2022.