Brachytydeus aegyptocitri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Cladus: Antennopoda 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. aegyptocitri

Name

Brachytydeus aegyptocitri Ali, Kandeel, Abd-ElKaream, El-Bassiony, 2016

• Holotype:  ?, ♀
• Type locality: from sweet orange, Citrus sinensis Osbeck in Beer El- Abd, North Sinai (Egypt)

Synonyms

• Paralorryia aegyptocitri, original combination
• Brachytydeus aegyptocitri, subsequent combination used by André (2026)

References

• André, H.M. 2026. Dismantling of the genus Paralorryia (Acariformes: Tydeoidea: Tydeidae). Acarological Studies 8(1): e1775112. DOI: 10.1080/01647950408684395 Reference page. 
• Ali, E., Kandeel, M.M.H.,Abd-ElKaream, S., El-Bassiony, M.N. 2016. Two new acarofauna inhabiting some fruit trees in north Sinai, Egypt (Acari: Cheyletidae & Tydeidae). Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences 5(3): 393-398.