MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 35669

Aoraki major (Forster, 1952)

Date Collected:

2014-01-19

Oceania: New Zealand: West Coast: South Island | NC, Arthur's Pass

Current Identification
Aoraki major (Forster, 1952)
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Opiliones Cyphophthalmi Pettalidae
Determined As: Aoraki major (Forster, 1952)
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: new combination as per Heine et al., 2024
Previous Identifications
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Opiliones
Common Name(s): mite-harvestmen
Determiner: Laura Leibenspergerlinked data icon
Nature of ID: expert ID
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Opiliones Cyphophthalmi
Determiner: Gonzalo GiribetORCID iD icon
Nature of ID: expert ID
Aoraki denticulata major (Forster, 1952)
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Opiliones Cyphophthalmi Pettalidae
Determiner: Gonzalo GiribetORCID iD icon on 2015-03-13
Nature of ID: ID based on molecular data
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Opiliones Cyphophthalmi Pettalidae
Determiner: Gonzalo GiribetORCID iD icon on 2014-10-03
Nature of ID: expert ID

Part Condition Disposition Count
DNA (frozen) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2019-03-19
whole animal (95% ethanol) good on loan 15 History

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  • Ocean:
  • Oceania
  • Country:
  • New Zealand
  • State/Province:
  • West Coast
  • Island:
  • South Island
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7016850 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • NC, Arthur's Pass
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • New Zealand, NC, Arthur's Pass
  • Georeference:
  • -42.470000°, 171.340000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Richard Leschen on 2014-01-19 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • sifting tussock and leaf litter
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 2014-01-19
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 19 Jan. 2014
  • Collectors:
  • Richard LeschenORCID iD icon; M. Gimmel

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