Lorryia polaris

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: Lorryia
Species: Lorryia polaris

The name of this taxon appears to be invalid under the relevant nomenclatural code, as it is a redundant synonym of Tydeus reticulatus.

Lorryia polaris Womersley, 1937

Type locality: Commonwealth Bay, King George V Land, in 15-20 fathoms (Antartica)

"...the lack of detail in the description and figures prevents any critical comparison" (Baker, 1968: 992).
"Perhaps a synonym of Lorryia reticulata" (Kaźmierski, 1998: 357)
Listed under Tydeus reticulata by Silva et al. (2016: 24)

Baker, E.W. 1968. The genus Lorryia. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61: 986–1008. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/61.4.986
Buitendijk, A.M. 1945. Voorloopige Catalogus van de Acari in de Collectie-Oudemans. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 281–391. PDF available via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
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.
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.
Womersley, H. 1937: Acarina. Scientific reports of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 (C) 10(6): 1-24. PDF Reference page. [first availability, see p. 8, and Plate II, figs. 5-9]