Melissotydeus

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: Melissotydeus
Species (3): M. bipunctata – M. incarum – M. macrosolenus

Name

Melissotydeus André, 1985

• Original status: genus
• Gender: masculine
• Type species: Melissotydeus macrosolenus by original designation

Notes

• The genus Melissotydeus was erected by André (1985: 244).
• It is listed by Kaźmierski (1998: 292) and by Silva et al. (2016: 29).

References

• André H.M. 1985. Acari domum meliponinarum brasiliensium habitantes. 10. Melissotydeus macrosolenus gen. n., sp. n. (Acari: Tydeidae). Bulletin & Annales de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie 21: 243–246.
• 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.