Systematics Collections Data

NZAC02005457 – Tenuipalpus asteliae Collyer

Data provider:
New Zealand Arthropod Collection
Barcode:
NZAC02005457
Type status:
Holotype
Specimen type:
Slide
Database record added:
27 September 2019
Database record updated:
10 September 2020
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Tenuipalpus asteliae Collyer
Determiner:
E. Collyer
Identification date:
1973 (Verbatim: 1973)
Preferred name:
Tenuipalpus asteliae Collyer
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Trombidiformes
Family:
Tenuipalpidae
Identification type:
Determination
Reference text:
Collyer, E. 1973.New species of the genus Tenuipalpus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from New Zealand, with a key to the world fauna. New Zealand journal of science, 16(4): 915–955.
Type status:
Holotype
Collection events
Primary collection event
Standard locality
Location:
Tongariro national Park, Chateau Tongariro Hotel
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -39.199634  175.542278 
Verbatim locality:
Chateau, Tongariro National Park
Verbatim collector:
E. Collyer
Standardised collector:
E. Collyer
Verbatim date:
25/12/67
Start date:
1967-12-25
Country:
New Zealand
New Zealand Area Codes:
Taupo
Habitat:
Astelia spp.
Specimen flags
Additional material:
Paratype male  (on the same slide (from the label))
Additional material:
Paratype female  (on the same slide (from the label))
Gender:
female  (mentioned in the description paper as a type female)
Specimen notes
General:
The information on the label says that it is a 'Type" slide, but in a paper Author claims that one of the females is marked as a Type that according to CZN let us to call it a Holotype.
External links
Literature:
Collyer, E. 1973.New species of the genus Tenuipalpus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from New Zealand, with a key to the world fauna. New Zealand journal of science, 16(4): 915–955
Specimen events
Preparation:
Date:
27 September 2019
Permissions
Project permits
Reference:
NZAC Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice