Brachytydeus politus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea
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: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Eupodina Superfamilia: Tydeoidea

Familia: Tydeidae
Subfamilia: Tydeinae
Genus: Brachytydeus
Species: B. politus

Name

Brachytydeus politus (Kuznetsov, 1975)

• Type locality: from moss layer, in the surroundings of the town of Tbilisi (Georgia)
• Holotype: State Nikitsky Botanical Garden, Yalta, Crimea

Synonyms

• Lorryia polita, original combination and subsequent combination used by Kaźmierski (1998: 323) and by Khaustov (2023: 482)
• Tydeus polita, subsequent combination proposed by Momen & Lundqvist (1995: 52)
• Tydeus politus, subsequent combination proposed by Momen & Lundqvist (1995: 52) corrected under art. 34.2 of ICZN
• Brachytydeus polita, incorrect subsequent spelling (gender) used by Silva et al. (2016: 21)
• Brachytydeus politus, subsequent combination used by Silva et al. (2016: 21) corrected under art. 34.2 of ICZN

References

• Kaźmierski, A. 1998. Tydeinae of the world: generic relationships, new and redescribed taxa and keys to all species. A revision of the subfamilies Pretydeinae and Tydeinae (Acari: Actinedida: Tydeidae) – part IV. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 41(2): 283–455. Reference page. 
• Khaustov, A.A. 2023. Contribution to the fauna of Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) from Western Siberia, Russia. Acarologia 63(2): 491-521. DOI: doi.org/10.24349/7fyj-me9u5 Reference page. 
• Kuznetsov, N.N. 1975. New species of the genus Lorryia (Acariformes: Tydeidae). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 54: 127–130.
• Momen, F. & Lundqvist, L. 1995. The genus Tydeus (Acari: Prostigmata) in Southern Sweden, six new species. Acarologia 36: 41–53. Abstract and full article Reference page. 
• Silva, G.L. da, Metzelthin, M.H., Silva, O.S. da & Ferla, N.J. 2016. Catalogue of the mite family Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) with the world key to the species. Zootaxa 4135(1): 1–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4135.1.1. Reference page.