Calotydeus costaricensis

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: Calotydeus
Species: C. costaricensis

Name

Calotydeus costaricensis (Baker, 1970)

• Type locality: ex shrub leaf, Turrialba (Costa Rica).
• Holotype: NMNH no. 3326, ♀.

Synonyms

• Tydeus (Tydeus) costaricensis, original combination
• Paralorryia costaricensis, subsequent combination used by Kaźmierski (1998: 340) and Silva et al. (2016: 32)
• Calotydeus costaricensis, subsequent combination used by André (2026)

References

• André, H.M. 2026. Dismantling of the genus Paralorryia (Acariformes: Tydeoidea: Tydeidae). Acarological Studies 8(1): in press. DOI: 10.1080/01647950408684395 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: 283–455.
• 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.