Lasiotydaeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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: Lasiotydaeus
Species (5): L. glycyphaginus – L. humeralis – L. simplex – L. tyroglyphinus – L. volaticus

	Genus inquirendus.
	The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is unclear. Please see discussion on the talk page.

Lasiotydaeus Berlese 1908

Original status: genus
Gender: masculine
Type species: Lasiotydaeus glycyphaginus, type species by original designation [Berlese (1908: 15)]

Genus, first monospecific, described by Berlese (1908: 15).
It was divided in 2 subgenera by Berlese (1910: 211), the nominal subgenus with 2 species (L. glycyphaginus and L. tyroglyphinus) and Melanotydaeus with 5 species (L. (M.) mammillaris, L. (M.) humeralis, , L. (M.) simplex, L. (M.) raphignathoides and L. (M.) styliger).
The genus was synonymized (with a question mark) by Baker & Wharton (1952: 191).
According to Baker (1965: 102), the synonymisation must "be considered to be in error". The genus —monosubgeneric this time— was restored but its redescription was based on a Californian species (Lasiotydaeus krantzi) not congeneric with the Italian type species.
Baker (1965: 99, footnote) added "The type is in such poor condition [...] and this type of structure may be an artefact".
Baker (1965: 102) concluded that "it is impossible to know what the genus actually is".
Genus not listed by Kaźmierski (1998) and Silva et al. (2016).

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.
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.
Baker, E.W. & Wharton, G.W. 1952. An introduction to acarology. Macmillan, New York. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.6810 Reference page.
Berlese, A.. 1908. Elenco di generi e specie nuove di Acari. Redia 5(1): 1–15.
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.
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(2): 283–455. Reference page.