Brachytydeus formosus

Brachytydeus formosus, Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

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: Brachytydeus
Species: Brachytydeus formosus

Name

Brachytydeus formosus (Cooreman, 1958)

• Type locality: from Citrus, in the area of Rharb (Morocco).
• Holotype: IRSNB, ♀.

Synonyms

• Lorryia formosa, original combination and subsequent combination used by Baker (1968: 995) and Kaźmierski (1998)
• Tydeus formosa, subsequent combination used by Vacante & Nucifora (1986: 181)
• Tydeus formosus, subsequent combination resulting from generic synonymies made by André (1980) and used by Fletchmann (1987)
• Brachytydeus formosus, subsequent combination resulting from generic synonymies made by André (2005: 995) and subsequent combination used by Kaźmierski (2008: 363) and Silva et al. (2016: 15) corrected under art. 34.2 of ICZN
• Brachytydeus formosa, incorrect subsequent spelling (gender) used by Diaz et al. (2015: 390), Pedro Neto et al. (2015: 360) and Silva et al. (2016: 15)

Notes

• Lorryia formosa auctorum might be a different species.
• Species was re-measured by Fletchmann (1987).
• Sometimes misspelled Lorrya formosa (Saharaoui, L. & Gourreau, J.-M. (1998), Thoreau-Pierre B. (1977)).
• Several SEM in Wergin et al. (2000).

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. 
• Baker, E.W. 1968. The genus Lorryia. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61: 986–1008. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/61.4.986 Reference page. 
• Cooreman, J. 1958. Notes et observations sur les acariens. VII. Photia gracca n. sp. (Acaridiae, Canestriniidae) et Lorryia formosa n. sp. (Stomatostigmata, Tydeidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 34: 1–10. Abstract and full article
• Diaz, R., Romero, S., Roda, A., Mannion, C., & Overholt, W. 2015. Diversity of arthropods associated with Mikania spp and Chromolaena odorata (Asterales: Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) in Florida. Florida Entomologist 98(1), 389-393. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.098.0168
• Fletchmann, C.H.W. 1987. On the measurements of Tydeus formosus (Cooreman, 1958) (Acari, Prostigmata, Tydeidae). International Journal of Acarology 13: 217–218.
• 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.
• Pedro Neto M., Reis P.R., Silva R.A., Zacarias M. S. 2015. Influência do manejo das plantas adventícias na diversidade de ácaros em cafezal orgânic. Coffee Science, Lavras 10(3): 357-364. http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1041031
• Saharaoui, L. & Gourreau, J.-M. 1998. Les Coccinelles d'Algérie : inventaire préliminaire et régime alimentaire (Coleóptera, Coccinellidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 103 (3): 213-224.
• 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. 
• Thoreau-Pierre B. 1977. Rôle de Lorrya formosa (Acarina : Tydeidae) au sein de la biocénose des agrumes. Première approche.Algerian Annals of Agronomy 7 (3): 34-35.
• Vacante, V. & Nucifora, A. 1986. A first list of the mites in citrus orchards in Italy, PP 177-188. In: Cavalloro, R. & Di Martino, E. (eds.). Integrated Pest Control in Citrus-Groves: Proceedings of the experts meeting, Acrireale, 26-29 March 1985. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Published for the commission of the European Community by A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam/Boston.
• Wergin, W.P., Ochoa, R., Erbe, E.F., Craemer, C. & Raina, A.K. 2000. Use of low-temperature field emission scanning electron microscopy to examine mites. Scanning 22: 145-155.

Vernacular names

English: Yellow mite, citrus yellow mite

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