Lasiotydaeus (Melanotydaeus)

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: Tydeidae
Subfamilia: Tydeinae
Genus: Lasiotydaeus
Subgenera : Melanotydaeus
Species (7): L.  (Melanotydaeus) brevistylus – L.  (Melanotydaeus) humeralis – L.  (Melanotydaeus) mammilaris – L.  (Melanotydaeus) raphignathoides – L.  (Melanotydaeus) simplex – L.  (Melanotydaeus) styliger – L.  (Melanotydaeus) venustulus

Name

Melanotydaeus Berlese 1910 [as subgenus of Lasiotydaeus]

• Original status: subgenus
• Gender: masculine
• Type species: Lasiotydaeus (Melanotydaeus) humeralis Berlese, 1910 by original designation, Berlese (1910: 211)

Synonyms

• Subgenus proposed by Berlese (1910a: 211) to accommodate 5 species: L. (M.) mammillaris, L. (M.) humeralis, , L. (M.) simplex, L. (M.) raphignathoides and L. (M.) styliger.
• A 6th species was added by y Berlese (1910b: 346)
• A 7th species was added by Halbert (1920): L. (M.) brevistylus
• Synonymized with Tydeus by Baker & Wharton (1952: 191) who misspelled the genus name (Melanotydeus instead of Melanotydaeus)

References

• Baker, E.W. & Wharton, G.W. 1952. An introduction to acarology. Macmillan, New York. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.6810 Reference page. 
• Berlese, A. 1910a. Acari nuovi. Redia 6(2): 199–234.
• Berlese, A. 1910b. Brevi diagnosi di generi e specie nuovi di Acari. Redia 6: 346–388.
• Halbert, J.N. 1920. The Acarina of the Seashore. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 35B (7): 106–152.