Tegoprionus bicristatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eriophyoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Eupodina Superfamilia: Eriophyoidea

Familia: Eriophyidae
Genus: Tegoprionus
Species: T. bicristatus

Name

Tegoprionus bicristatus (Smith Meyer, 1989)

• Type locality: from Cassine burkeana Thunb. (Celastraceae), Lynnwood Glen, Pretoria (South Africa)

• Holotype: ♀ - PPRI

Synonymy

• Tegoprionus bicristatus, original combination used by M.K.P. Smith Meyer, (1989: 419), Nalepa (1894: 319-320) and Nalepa (1911: 273)
• Meyerella bicristatus, incorrect subsequent spelling (gender) proposed by Amrine et al. (2003)
• Meyerella bicristata, subsequent combination proposed by Amrine et al. (2003) corrected under art. 34.2 of ICZN

References

• Amrine, J.W. Jr, Stasny T.A.H. & Flechtmann, C.H.W. 2003. Revised keys to world genera of Eriophyoidea (Acari: Prostigmata). West Bloomfield: Indira Publishing House. 244 pp. Reference page. 

• Smith Meyer, M.K.P. 1989. African Eriophyoidea: the genus Tegoprionus Keifer, 1961 (Acari, Eriophyidae). Phytophylactica 21: 419-420.