Brachytydeus epimekes

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: Brachytydeus epimekes

Name

Brachytydeus epimekes (Panou & Kaźmierski, 1996)

• Type locality: on an unidentified plant, on Oeti mountain (altitude 2150 m a.s.l.), Co. Phthiotis (Greece).
• Holotype: ♀, ZMUH (Reg. No. A9/96).

Synonyms

• Lorryia epimekes, original combination
• Brachytydeus epimekes, subsequent combination used by Silva et al. (2016: 14)

References

• Panou, H.N. & Kaźmierski, A., 1996. Lorryia epimekes, a new species of tydeid mite from Greece (Acari: Prostigmata). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 12: 7–14.
• 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.