Coccotydeus

Taxonavigation

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: Iolinidae
Subfamilia: Tydaeolinae
Genus: Coccotydeus

Name

Coccotydeus Thor, 1931

• Original status: genus
• Gender: masculine
• Type species: Coccotydeus globifer Thor, 1931 by original designation

Synonymy

• Junior synonym of the genus Tydaeolus [syn. proposed by Baker (1965) - synonymy generally accepted but not by Fain et al. (1991: 197)]

Notes

• The genus was erected by Thor (1931).
• It was maintained by Thor (1933: 47-49) to accommodate 3 species: claviger, globifer & tenuiclaviger.

References

• Baker, E.W. 1965. A review of the genera of the family Tydeidae (Acarina). In: Naegele, J.A. (ed.). Advances in acarology (2). Ithaca (NY): Cornell University Press: 96–133.
• Fain, A., Greenwood, M.T. & Macfarlane, D. 1991. Mites (Acari) found in the nest of the dipper Cinclus cinclus aquaticus Bechstein, in Wales (British Isles). Acarologia, 32(3): 193–204.
• Thor, S. 1931. Norwegische Tydeidae. I–VII. Mit Kennzeichnung vier neuer Gattungen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 94: 89–104. Reference page. 
• Thor, S. 1933. Tydeidae, Ereynetidae. Das Tierreich 60: 1–84.