Calotydeus shawi

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. shawi

Name

Calotydeus shawi (Baker, 1943)

Type locality: from moss and lichens on Popocatépetl, alt. 2750 m (Mexico).
Holotype: ♀.

Synonyms

Objective synonyms

Melanotydaeus shawi, original combination
Tydeus (Tydeus) shawi, subsequent combination used by Baker (1970: 167)
Paralorryia shawi , subsequent combination used by Kaźmierski (1998: 340) and Silva et al. (2016: 32).
Homeotydeus shawi, subsequent combination advanced by André (1980: 116)
Calotydeus shawi, subsequent combination suggested by André (2005: 995) and André (2025: 162) and used by André (2026)

Subjective synonyms

Tydeus brachypalpus, jun. synonym according to Baker (1970: 167)
Tydeus dyfrigi, jun. synonym according to Baker (1970: 167)
Tydeus leorae, jun. synonym according to Baker (1970: 167)

References

André, H.M. 1980. A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari: Actinedida). IV. Generic descriptions, keys and conclusions. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belge d’Entomologie 116: 103–130, 139–168. Reference page.
André, H.M. 2005. In search of the true Tydeus (Acari: Tydeidae). Journal of Natural History 39: 975–1001. Reference page.
André, H.M. 2025. Sixty years after "A review of the genera of the family Tydeidae" (Acariformes: Tydeoidea: Tydeidae). Acarologia 65(1): 149-172. https://doi.org/10.24349/l5vb-767l Reference page.
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. 1943. Nuevos Tydeidae Mexicanos (Acarina). Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 4: 181–190 + plate XI. 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.