Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Arachnida > Subclass Micrura > Subclass Acari > Superorder Actinotrichida > Suborder Prostigmata > Suborder Anystina > Superfamily Hygrobatoidea > Family Pontarachnidae > Genus Litarachna

Litarachna communis Walter, 1925

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Litarachna*	Walter, 1925	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Walter, C. (1925). Marine Hygrobatidae. Revision der Wassermilben‐Genera Pontarachna Philippi und Nautarachna Moniez. Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie. 14(1-2): 1-54.
basis of record	Smit, H. (2002). [Two new species of the water mite family Pontarachnidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with a discussion of the taxonomic status of Pontarachna hinumaensis Imamura]. Zootaxa 22: 1-8
additional source	Pesic, V., Smit H., Gerecke R., Di Sabatino A. 2010. The water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of the Balkan peninsula, a revised survey with new records and descriptions of five new taxa. Zootaxa 2586: 1-100.