Brachytydeus serpettae

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 serpettae

Name

Brachytydeus serpettae (Momen & Lundqvist, 2005)

• Type locality: from mosses on stones near sea-water (Sweden).
• Holotype: ZMLU.

Synonyms

• Tydeus serpettae, original combination
• Brachytydeus serpettae, subsequent combination used by Silva et al. (2016: 25)
• Lorryia serpettae: subsequent combination used by Khaustov (2023: 513)

Notes

• Transfer to the genus Brachytydeus by André (2023)

References

• André, H.M. 2023. Lorryia (Acariformes, Tydeidae): The evolutionary plasticity of an enigmatic genus. Acarologia 63(3): 844-855. Reference page. 
• Momen, F.M. & Lundqvist, L. 2005. The genera Metalorryia and Tydeus (Acari: Prostigmata: Tydeidae), new and unrecorded species from south Sweden. International Journal of Acarology 31: 225–236.
• 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. 
• 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.