Tydeus spathulatus

Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.1369 - Tydeus spathulatus Oudemans - Mites - Collection Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans

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. spathulatus

Name

Tydeus spathulatus Oudemans, 1928

• Type locality: Padova (Italy) [lectotype locality]
• Lectotype designated by André (2005: 993) - RMNH, ♀

Synonyms

Objective synonyms

• Tydeus spathulatus, original combination

Subjective synonyms

• Tetranychus caudatus Dugès, 1834, junior synonym [Tydeidae] according to Thor (1933: 38), Oudemans (1937: 925), Baker (1970: 173) and Kaźmierski (1998: 357).
• Tydeus croceus (L., 1758), junior synonym according to Thor (1933: 38) and Baker (1970: 173).
• Tydeus californicus might be a senior synonym according to Ueckermann & Grout (2007: 2364).

Notes

• Listed as "ancient species" by Kaźmierski (1998: 357).
• Species redescribed by André (2005: 992–993).
• Type species of the genus and the family designated by ICZN (2008).
• Sometimes confused with other species, e.g.Tydeus mvurwiensis.
• Species listed by Silva et al. (2016: 39).

References

• André, H.M. 2005. In search of the true Tydeus (Acari: Tydeidae). Journal of natural History, 39: 975–1001.
• 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. 
• ICZN. 2008. OPINION 2190 (Case 3354). Tydeus Koch, 1836 (Arachnida, Acari): Tydeus spathulatus Oudemans, 1928 designated as the type species. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 65(1): 68. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v65i1.a14 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. 
• Oudemans, A.C. 1928. Acarologische aanteekeningen XCIV. Entomologische Berichten 7: 374–382 [516].
• Oudemans, A.C. 1937. Kritisch historisch Overzicht der Acarologie. Derde Gedeelde, Band C. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p I–XXIII, 799–1348.
• 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.
• Ueckermann, E.A. & Grout, T.G. 2007. Tydeoid mites (Acari:Tydeidae, Edbakerellidae, Iolinidae) occurring on Citrus in southern Africa. Journal of Natural History 41: 2351–2378