Tydeus justicia

Taxonavigation

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: Tydeus
Species: T. justicia

Name

Tydeus justicia Roy, Gupta & Saha, 2009

• Type locality: on Justicia adhatoda L. Nees leaf, Experimental Garden, Ballygunge Science College Campus, Kolkata, West Bengal (India).
• Holotype: ♀ - ?.

Notes

• Leg chaetotaxy illustrated in figure 1 does not allow a generic assignation.
• Not listed in Silva et al. (2016).

References

• Roy, I., Gupta, S.K. & Saha, G.K. 2009. Description of a new species of Tydeus Koch (Prostigmata: Tydeidae) infesting medicinal plant Justicia adhatoda L. Nees with a note on its biology. The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 106(1): 83-85.
• 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.