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Phauloppia banksi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Oribatida
Family:	Oribatulidae
Genus:	Phauloppia
Species:	P. banksi
Binomial name
Phauloppia banksi Marshall, Reeves & Norton, 1987

Phauloppia banksi is a species of mite in the family Oribatulidae. Found in the United States, it was described as new to science in 1987. A study conducted in New York that showed that the mite is one of several that takes shelter in the thallus of the common North American lichen Punctelia rudecta.

References

1. Marshall, V.G.; Reeves, R.M.; Norton, R.A. (1987). Catalogue of the Oribatida (Acari) of continental United States and Canada. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. Vol. 139. pp. 1–418.
2. Root, Heather T.; McGee, Gregory G.; Norton, Roy A. (2007). "Arboreal mite communities on epiphytic lichens of the Adirondack Mountains of New York". Northeastern Naturalist. 14 (3): 425–438. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2007)14[425:AMCOEL]2.0.CO;2.

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