Paralana

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Paralana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Diarthrophallidae
Genus: Paralana
Schuster & Summers, 1978

Paralana is a genus of mites in the family Diarthrophallidae. [1] They were named by Schuster & Summers in 1978, and the type species is Paralana proculae. [2] [3]

Diarthrophallids are associated with the Passalidae family of beetles in their adult stage, and probably occur wherever their hosts occur. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Paralana". GBIF. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Halliday, R. B. (11 June 2015). "Catalogue of genera and their type species in the mite Suborder Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata)" (PDF). Zootaxa . 3972 (2). Magnolia Press: 124. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3972.2.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   26249486.
  3. ↑ "Paralana proculae Schuster & Summers, 1978". IRMNG. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Hunter, Preston E. (1993). "Mites associated with new world Passallid beetles (Coleoptera: Passallidae)" (PDF). Acta Zoológica Mexicana . Nueva serie (58): 1-37. Retrieved 17 August 2025.


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