Primotydeus eglaleus

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: Iolinidae
Subfamilia: Tydaeolinae
Genus: Primotydeus
Species: P. eglaleus

Name

Primotydeus eglaleus (Momen & Sinha, 1991)

• Type locality: from stored oats, grain and barley (Canada)
• Holotype: CNC

Synonyms

• Oakvillea eglalea: original combination
• Primotydeus eglaleus: subsequent combination

Notes

• Type species of the genus Oakvillea
• Listed by Silva et al. (2016: 31–32).
• Transferred from the family Tydeidae to Iolinidae, genus Primotydeus, by Kaźmierski et al. (2021).

References

• Momen, F.M. & Sinha, R.N. 1991 Tydeid mites associated with store grain and oilseeds in Canada, with descriptions of a new genus and five new species (Acari: Tydeidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 69: 1226–1253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z91-175
• Kaźmierski, A., Łaniecka, I. & Łaniecki, R. 2021. A review of the genus Primotydeus (Acariformes: Tydeoidea: Iolinidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology 26(12): 2320-2337.
• 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.