Quadrotydeus sleipneri

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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
Subgenus: Quadrotydeus
Species: B. (Q.) sleipneri

Name

Brachytydeus (Quadrotydeus) sleipneri Momen & Lundqvist, 1996

• Type locality: from moss on tree (Populus tremula L.) (Sweden).
• Holotype: MZLU.

Synonyms

• Quadrotydeus sleipneri, original combination, also used by Silva et al. (2016: 34)
• Lorryia sleipneri, subsequent combination advanced by Kaźmierski (1998: 327)
• Brachytydeus sleipneri, subsequent combination used by Silva et al. (2016: 25) and Khaustov & Khaustov (2023: 268)
• Brachytydeus (Quadrotydeus) sleipneri, subsequent combination following André (2025: 162)

Notes

• The species is listed twice and assigned to different genera by Silva et al. (2016: 25 & 34, see syn. above).
• Type species of Quadrotydeus.

References

• André, H.M. 2025. Sixty years after "A review of the genera of the family Tydeidae" (Acariformes: Tydeoidea: Tydeidae). Acarologia 65(1): 149-172. https://doi.org/10.24349/l5vb-767l Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Khaustov, A.A. & Khaustov, V.A. 2023. The first faunistic data on Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) from the Altay, Russia. Acarina 31(2): 249-270. Reference page. 
• Momen, F.M. & Lundqvist, L. 1996. A new genus, Quadrotydeus, and three new species of the family Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) from Southern Sweden. International Journal of Acarology 22: 3–10.
• 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.