Pretydeus floridensis

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: Pretydeinae
Genus: Pretydeus
Species: Pretydeus floridensis

Name

Pretydeus floridensis (Baker, 1968)

• Type locality: ex Pinus sp., St. Petersburg, Florida (U.S.A)
• Holotype: USNM no. 3183, ♀

Synonyms

• Lorryia floridensis, original combination used by Baker (1968: 991)
• Pretydeus floridensis, subsequent combination proposed by André (1980: 144) and adopted by Silva et al. (2016: 7).

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. 
• Baker, E.W. 1968. The genus Lorryia. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 61: 986-1008.
• 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.