Austracarus polydiscum (Oudemans, 1910)

Heterothrombidium polydiscum Oudemans, 1910b: 105 .

Leeuwenhoekia polydiscum – Oudemans 1912: 77, fig. S. — Radford 1942: 68, fig. 66. — Thor & Willmann 1947: 322, fig. 384.

Austracarus polydiscum – Lawrence 1951a: 117.

Acomatacarus polydiscum – Fuller 1952: 232.

Acomatacarus (Austracarus) polydiscum – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 100. — Zumpt 1961: 178.

Holotype

Private collection of Trägårdh, Stockholm (Oudemans 1912), lost (Fuller 1952), RMNH (Wharton & Fuller 1952).

Distribution

South Africa (Durban, Pietermaritzburg).

Hosts

Cryptomys hottentotus, Hipposideros caffer (type host).