Brachytydeus argentinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 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 argentinensis

Name

Brachytydeus argentinensis (Baker, 1968)

• Type locality: from under calyx of lime, Argentina, at Miami (quarantine)
• Holotype: USNM no. 3200 - ♀

Synonyms

• Paralorryia argentinensis, original combination
• Lorryia argentinensis, subsequent combination used by Kaźmierski (1998: 329)
• Brachytydeus argentinensis, subsequent combination used by Silva et al. (2016: 10)

Notes

• Baker described two argentinensis, one as Paralorryia (Baker, 1968) [this record], the other as Tydeus (Baker, 1970).

References

• Baker, E.W. 1968. The genus Paralorryia. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61: 1097–1106. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/61.5.1097 Reference page. 
• Baker, E.W. 1970. The genus Tydeus: subgenera and species group with descriptions of new species (Acarina: Tydeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63: 163–177. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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.