Macrogena

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Oribatida
Infraordo: Desmonomata
Subordo: Brachypylina
Infraordo: Poronoticae
Superfamilia: Ceratozetoidea

Familia: Ceratozetidae
Genus: Macrogena
Species (5): M. abbreviata – M. brevisensilla – M. crassa – M. hexasetosa – M. monodactyla – M. rudentiger
Check (1): M. minor
Name

Macrogena Wallwork, 1966
Type species: Macrogena monodactyla Wallwork, 1966
Fixation: original designation [see p. 872] [and monotypy]
ZooBank: AA60B339-C76C-427B-B132-1741E0FABA85

Synonyms

Lophozetes
References

Ermilov, S.G. & Minor, M.A. 2015. The oribatid mite genus Macrogena (Acari, Oribatida, Ceratozetidae), with description of two new species from New Zealand. Zookeys 506: 13–26. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.506.9796 Article view Reference page.
Ermilov, S.G. & Minor, M.A. 2016. Three new species of oribatid mites of the family Punctoribatidae (Acari, Oribatida) from alpine bogs of New Zealand. Zootaxa 4092(2): 243–257. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.2.7 Reference page.
Hammer, M. 1967. Investigations on the oribatid fauna of New Zealand. Part II. Biologiske skrifter 15(4): 1–64. PDF. Reference page.
Wallwork, J.A. 1966: More oribatid mites (Acari: Cryptostigmata) from Campbell I. Pacific insects 8(4): 849-877. Full article (PDF) Reference page. [first availability, see p. 872]