Raphitydeus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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
Subgenus: Raphitydeus
Species (1): L. (R.) raphignathoides

Possibly: L. (R.) venustula is a "unsichere Art" (uncertain species) listed by Thor (1933: 54)

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

Raphitydeus Thor, 1933

Thor (1933: 54) divided the genus Lorryia into two subgenera Raphitydeus and Lorryia sensu stricto.
This division was not accepted by Baker (1944: 215) and is recalled in Baker (1968: 987).
Raphitydeus was synonymized with Lorryia by Baker (1965: 105).
Raphitydeus was again synonymized with Brachytydeus by André (2005: 995). This synonymization is reported by Silva et al. (2016: 4).

André, H.M. 2005. In search of the true Tydeus (Acari: Tydeidae). Journal of Natural History 39: 975–1001. Reference page.
Baker, E.W. 1944. Seis especies de Lorryia (Acarina, Tydeidae). Anales del Instituto de Biología de México 15: 215–222.
Baker, E.W. 1965. A review of the genera of the family Tydeidae (Acarina). In: Naegele J.A. (ed.). Advances in acarology 2. Ithaca (NY): Cornell University Press. p 96–133.
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.
Thor, S. 1933. Tydeidae, Ereynetidae. Das Tierreich 60: 1–84. Reference page.