Triophtydeus coccophagus

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

	Species inquirenda.
	The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is unclear. Please see discussion on the talk page.

Triophtydeus coccophagus (Ewing, 1911)

Species inquirenda according to André (1985: 193)
Probably not a Triophtydeus as Ewing (1911: 38) refers to lateral eyes.
Listed as "ancient species" by Kaźmierski (1998: 357)
Association of Tydeidae with scale insects is described by Jeppson et al. (1975, chapter 11).
The species is reported by Andersson (2013: 21, 25).

André, H.M. 1985. Redefinition of the genus Triophtydeus Thor, 1932 (Acari: Actinedida). Zoologische Mededelingen 59(16): 189–195. Abstract and full paper. Reference page.
Baker, E.W. 1970. The genus Tydeus: subgenera and species group with descriptions of new species (Acarina: Tydeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63: 163–177. Reference page.
Ewing, H.E. 1911. New predaceous and parasitic Acarina. Psyche 18(1) : 37–43.
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: 283–455.

Andersson, R. 2013. Kommasköldlusen Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus) i svensk äppelodling. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp.
Jeppson, L.R., Keifer, H.H., Baker, E.W. 1975. Mites injurious to economic plants. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.