Brachytydeus elongatus

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 elongatus

Name

Brachytydeus elongatus Khaustov, 2023

• Type locality: from leaves of common reed (Phragmites australis) in Tyumen Oblast (Russia).
• Holotype: ZMAS, ♀.

Notes

• Unusual type of secondary sexual dimorphism described and discussed by Khaustov (2023: 1341-1342).

References

• Khaustov, A.A. 2023. New data to the fauna of Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) of Western Siberia, Russia with discovery of secondary sexual dimorphism. Systematic and Applied Acarology 28(8): 1335–1343. DOI: doi.org/10.11158/saa.28.8.5 Reference page.